Trauma In Roxane Gay's Essay What We Hunger For

Trauma...it’s such a tragic phenomenon. It’s a happening that truly breeds misfortune, insecurities, and most of all just a feeling of being lost inside of your own self...but most would say that if they hadn’t defied the staggering odds, overcame the unsparing adversity, and fought through the relentless pain that they had to endure throughout the entire ordeal that there wouldn’t be a snowball’s chance in hell that they would have come out to become as strong as they did. And rightfully so, for there are no heroes without tragedy. And it is through this tragedy...or trauma I should say that these heroes uncover what defines them and their character along with the methods that they go about to display their tribulations to the world through their own amazingly unique style of art that also
In Gay’s “What We Hunger for” what initially starts off as a humorous fan girl narration about the insanely popular young adult science fiction book series The Hunger Games that highlights the type of strength that can manifest inside of a woman when push comes to shove and a good ol’ can of whoop ass needs to be laid down, shown through the ridiculous acts of bad-assery by the main character, Katniss Everdeen, takes an unexpected turn and divulges the reader along a somber stroll through Gay’s recollection of her own rape during her youth that would draw tears from even Katniss