Andre dubus the fat girl story

In a world caught up with perfection, it is challenging to not conform to what society alleges as acceptable. Society has associated being fat with lazy, unattractive, and weak.

“The Fat Girl” by Andre Dubus () depicts the story of a female struggling with body image and acceptance from society. “The Fat Girl” revolves around the main character, Louise, the protagonist, and her internal battle with self-image and searching for acceptance.

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Society, the protagonist, will never accept her as long as she is fat. As a child, she learned being overweight made her unworthy and unlovable. “In five years, you’ll be in high school and if you’re fat the boys won’t like you; they won’t ask you out”.

At nine years old, Louise begun hiding food and eating in private. Her father was the only one who accep