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"My Inner Shrimp" & "Dying To Be Bigger" Analysis And Comparison

It is well known that the negative effects of one’s self-image can be devastating. In the essays “My Inner Shrimp” (Trudeau) and “Dying to Be Bigger” (H.D.) the authors describe what it is that they dislike about themselves and how they dealt with it. Both authors us a similar tone that emphasizes their seemingly self-pitying emotions. Their language often uses strong, emotional words that someone would normally use in extreme situations. “I have the soul of a shrimp. I feel the pain of the diminutive, irrespective of whether they feel it themselves, because my visit to the planet of the teenage midgets was harrowing, humiliating and extended.” (Trudeau 93)
The language for these particular essays seemed to reveal very negative emotions and images. In the essay “Dying to Be Bigger”, H.D. gives many visual descriptions of the effects of steroids. He mentions specific details about his physical changes such as “…my acne took the form of grotesque, cyst-like......


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