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Jen asked this question about The Vegetarian:

Would Korean people really react to someone becoming a vegetarian as if it were unhealthy and incredibly weird?

Jeanne I think her becoming a vegetarian is more of a symptom of the psychosis induced by the violence she suffered as a child than a dietary choice. She is …moreI think her becoming a vegetarian is more of a symptom of the psychosis induced by the violence she suffered as a child than a dietary choice. She is rejecting meat because meat represents, to her, violence and blood and suffering. The book really has nothing to do with actual vegetarianism. Her parents reaction to her dietary choice was more a symbol of their need to control and their perception that her only role is to be completely submissive to the men in her life. Her husband is concerned because she is starving and she is not cooking meat for him.(less)

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