A Hunger Artist

There are so many different ways to interpret this story that I am sure that I will miss they key point and am weary of writing my journal for the week. Some notable points that might be good for a conversation piece would be:
How although he was under constant watch so they knew that he wasn't eating, he still had it in is head that people in the crowd believed that he was sneaking food.
How in his outbursts of rage, the impresario would apologize for the crowd, claiming it was the lack of food making him angry; when in fact, it was them stopping his fast that infuriated him.
Another weird point was how when they replaced him with the panther, they mentioned how they always fed it what it wanted to eat. I don't know how to compare this to the author other then he claims the only reason he never ate is he could never find something suitable to his pallet.
Bizarre story.