Satyricon - The Feast of Trimalchio

So... The Satyricon.
Interesting story.

However, I was unable to comprehend most of the reading so I didn’t get much out of it, unfortunately. Though, I did notice that the characters indulged a ridiculous amount of food, it almost seemed gluttonous.

An artist's interpretation of Fortunata

Going off of the synopsis from Wikipedia, (thanks, Dr. Webb), Trimalchio flaunts his wealth and status to his guests. I can see the similarities in this to real life considering people overindulge in food and, as we discussed last class period, how people waste food all the time. I believe Courtney brought up the documentary, Dive which was a film that focused on how we waste tons of food everyday that can still be used. I think it’s interesting how the Satyricon reminded me of how greedy some of us can be with our food in this society and how stuck up and pompous some people are because they can have an overabundance of food and not even eat it all!

I was kind of confused about some of the details in the story. I felt like it deviated from the main point quite a bit. The scene towards the end when the men are taking the clothes off of Fortunata, was this considered a sexual assault? That part completely confused the heck out of me. I guess part of the reason why I was so lost was also because they diverted to tell stories about werewolves and witches among other random thoughts.

I thought it was also weird how the “chapters” were about a few paragraphs long and then the next chapter would start.

Overall, this story was a heck of a confusing read and I ‘m really, really hoping that we can discuss it more in class after I find more synopses of it on the internet.