Analyse af 'Gabby you're too skinny' og årsager til anoreksi

I would like to write an essay about the novel “Gabby you’re too skinny” authored by Kimberly Kirberger, in which I’ll mainly be focusing on discussing the factors that drove Gabby into her illness.

The story is about a young teenage girl named Gabby. She is a straight-A student and is very involved in the school-activities. Simply put she is considered a “very together” teenager. A friend of hers starts dieting moderately with great success and due to the numbers of compliments she has been receiving, which gave inspiration to Gabby. Even though she doesn’t consider herself fat; she feels that she could still lose a few pounds. To start with losing weight she exercises and lessens her snacks. She notices that she starts getting more compliments about her appearance, which builds her self-confidence. Even though she achieved her goal, it still wasn’t good enough for her to stop her dieting. The positive outcome seems to be driving her into obsession of losing weight and in the hope of maintaining that “great” feeling.

“…and every time I lost a weight I was elated. It was euphoria that, now in looking back, I realised I became addicted to. I lived for that feeling.”