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A 6 page paper which examines the role of food and feasting in John Kennedy
Toole’s “A Confederacy of Dunces.” Bibliography lists 5 additional sources.
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often confusing tale of one man, a man that many people find incredibly repulsive and humorous as well as dark. "Ignatius, who is an undeniably original comic creation, is a
hugely fat bundle of body functions, paranoia and obsessions, topped with a green hunting cap, who spends all of his considerable free time eating, attending movies, and locked in his
disgusting room committing his various demented thoughts to his stacks of Big Chief writing tablets" (BrothersJudd.com). From this we see that his life is made up of many things, though
those things are essentially basic and offer this man no future as they are only forms of escape. One of these elements is the food. As noted, he is a
hugely obese individual and as such is obviously a man who spends a great deal of time eating. The following paper examines the role of food and feasting in Tooles
novel. Food and Feasting and Ignatius One critic notes, "To know Ignatius is to be revolted by the bits of food caught in his unkempt mustache, to shy
away from his thunderous, booming voice, to turn your head from the gamy odor emanating from his ever-present hunting cap (highly unnecessary in a steamy Louisiana summer), but also to
be drawn into his bizarre and hilarious world" (Santiago). Food, as referred to in the first line of this analysis, clearly presents us with a picture of the man who
is Ignatius. This relationship with food is further presented in the words of another critic who notes: " "Ignatius J. Reilly, a character Percy describes as without progenitor in any
literature I know of -- slob extraordinary, a mad Oliver Hardy, a fat Don Quixote, a perverse Thomas Aquinas rolled into one. A morbidly obese 30-year-old with an M.A. in
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