In “Anorexic,” Eavan Boland utilizes imagery, diction and figurative language to reveal the speaker’s emotion toward bulimia and anorexia to convey her meaning of self-worth and the struggle of finding a balance in one's mind to be perfect.
Presumably, one’s mind is unbalanced and can portray false images and thoughts about one’s mind. Eavan Boland herself writes,
“How she meshed my head in the half-truths of her fevers till I renounced milk and honey and the taste of lunch” (7-12).
With regards to this quote, the speaker shows that the struggle one faces with their own mind is deeper than anyone can understand. The citation above shows that Boland wanted the reader to understand, that even though someone may seem okay they still
