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> Fatness is used as a signal of evil, dissolution, and/or moral decay, usually with the unspoken assumption that it's completely obvious that fat people are im
by rcme 3y ago
> Fatness is used as a signal of evil, dissolution, and/or moral decay, usually with the unspoken assumption that it's completely obvious that fat people are immoral and disgusting.
My favorite novel that uses this trope has to be A Confederacy of Dunces.
- bsder 3y ago"A Confederacy of Dunces" struck me much more as a chronicle of weird people and their foibles with a large dose of regional flavoring--sort of like Napoleon Dynamite but focused on a city underbelly. I don't remember "fatness" being a signal of evil, and I don't remember any of the non-fat people being any better than the fat ones. However, it has been quite a while since I read the novel, and I really didn't like it very much. So, my memory may be faulty, and your mileage may vary.
- rcme 3y agoThe main character, Ignatius J. Reilly, was extremely fat, which was part of his ignoble caricature.
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