South Korean writer Han Kang’s booker prize-winning book The Vegetarian tells the story of a typical housewife in Korea, Yeong Hye who suddenly decides to go vegan in her diet and the consequences that follow. The story told from three...

Although both Kevin and Yeong-hye begin to change their diets for what they believe to be well intentioned reasons, the reality is that as they undergo the process of starving themselves, their behaviors and mental health begin to deteriorate....

In the novels Sula by Toni Morrison and The Vegetarian by Han Kang, the main characters, Sula and Yeong-hye, are presented as extreme forces of nature grasping desperately for freedom in surroundings attempting to stifle these attempts. Resulting...

Both Han Kang and Anne Finch present the idea of impending death that cannot be avoided, however, both authors present the ideas in different ways as they are using different forms of writing to do so. In addition, both Kang and Finch use death...