Journal #3

“No Wonder They Call Me a Bitch” – Ann Hodgman
(The Norton Sampler p.77)

Read the selection and write a one paragraph response to the following questions.

1. Cite three specific examples of Hodgman’s descriptive imagery that you find to be particularly effective.


1. “I gagged my way through can after can of stinky, white-flecked mush and bag after bag of stinky, fat-drenched nuggets.”
2. “A lumpy, frightening, bloody, stringy horror is a sign of high quality---lots of meat.”
3. “Rather, it looked--- and felt---like a single long, extruded piece of redness that had been chopped into segments and formed into a patty.”




2. What do you think Hodgman’s purpose was in writing this essay? What overall message/meaning do you take from the essay?

Hodgman’s purpose was to allow us to gain insight on every day food that our dogs eat. Our dogs eat a variety of food that we just buy without even knowing what is in it or even if tastes good. We just listen to the advertisements and buy what sounds good. But really, dogs don’t really discriminate upon foods it seems. Any type of human food you give them they gobble up and everything dog food they do the same. I think Hodgman’s message is on the false advertising dog food companies seem to do. ‘Oh your dog needs the best liver and the best meat’, but the meat they use is not even real meat.