The Wages Of Sin Summary

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In “The Wages of Sin” what Francine Prose talks about is how people weight control, obesity and how others see the obesity. Where she blames on the TV commercial. Also, tells if this ski of behavior a medical issue or psychological. A similar argue was made in “Add Cake, Subtract Self Esteem” by Caroline Knapp where she talks about her personal experience about anorexia and how she has struggled in her life because of that in school, college, and relationships. She also mentioned how starving yourself is painful. I agree with both writers, eating food is not a bad thing, us humans or any living thing needs to eat to live and stay healthy. There is a difference between eating healthy eating junk and overeating. Everyone had a different immune system and how their body reacts to what they eat. There is a time in person’s life that they know what they should eat and what they should not eat. As an adult, I know what is good for my body and what is bad.

“What's slightly more disturbing in the nation but not only do fat people need to be monitored, controlled, and saved from their gluttonous impulsive, ... that certain forms of social control might be required to help the overweight resist temptation.” (Prose 181) As a weight conscious person myself, every time I do see an overweight person on TV or in …show more content…

(Prose182) There are other reasons that person could gain weight other than eating junk or overeating. There could be psychological reasons like depression or medical reasons like thyroid, diabetes, and more it can be difficult to identify by looking an overweight person if they are obesity by eating junk or if they have health issues we cannot compare all kind of obesity

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