The Hunger Artist

The hunger artist is about a guy who has the talent and ability to fast. When he fasts he doesn't go longer than fourty days but he feels that he has the ability to go longer. The butcher's watch over him every night and when their job is done they will began to eat their food in front of the artist. They do this because they feel as if the artist will give in but they later find out that he doesn't and that this is a natural ability and that he can go longer than fourty days if he wanted to. I must say that even though this story is not so much of a humorous piece, it does seem to have some humor to it as well as a point of view on fasting.