POST a -#4

Vocabulary
Masochism[124]~pleasure in being abused or dominated : a taste for suffering
Psychedelic[124]~of, relating to, or being drugs (as LSD) capable of producing abnormal psychic effects (as hallucinations) and sometimes psychotic states b: produced by or associated with the use of psychedelic drugs

Appeals:
***"My god! people say. You have so much self-control! And later: My god. You are so,so sick. When people say this, when they turn their heads, you've won your little game. " [124] This is obviously an emotional appeal because it gives the reader an idea of what Marya was striving for, not just self-control but to really hurt herself. This shows the audience that the author is truly not just slightly controlled by this disease but fully.
***"They periodically took my blood pressure and...congratulated me on my (dangerously low, I will soon find out) blood pressure..."[130] This is a logical appeal because it tells the reader how sick Marya really was and how most of her medically advice back then was truly hurtful and wrong. This also added to the "I was really truly sick" idea that Marya tends to bash her readers with.
***" There are people reading this who may think to themselves: What if i just tried it? What if i just lost a few more pounds? After all, she's still alive... Not quite."[129] This appeal is emotional because it shows Marya's significant effort to stop this disease, anorexia. It definitely bashes all ideas of any future anorexics to jump into this vicious cycle.

Quote:
"Eating disordered athletes in particular seem to have this idea -but they speak in a bizarre almost proactive tone, as if they have always intended to stop. "[135] This quote is significant because it really shows that an eating disorder can happened to even athletes. Not just people that are not in arts, or modeling. This quote really hit me hard because throughout this whole novel i have been somewhat laughing at the idea of a girl like me, a committed athlete, ever getting an eating disorder. I am forever changed.