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Karina Orozco
Prof. Jackie
English 114A
September 3, 2014
The Cake Monster
Determination and desire can truly play a significant role in a persons life as portrayed in
the story The God of Cake by Allie Brosh. Not only is the little girl determined to overcome
her obstacle towards getting her grandfathers 73
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birthday cake all to herself, but keeping her
desire keeps her fighting towards the end to achieve what she wants the most which is the sugary
frosted cake. In this story, her mother becomes her main obstacle towards her getting the cake all
by herself. As her mother hid the cake and kept it away from her one way or the other, the little
cake monster finds many different creative was to get her hands on the cake hours before her
grandfathers birthday party. As she forgets about her possible negative consequences while
trying to go after the cake, she desperately wanted it and even though she learns from her actions
at the end of her battle, she got what she wanted and she got a feeling of invincibility towards her
mother. This story not only gives us a perfect and descriptive example of how strongly minded
youngsters are in terms of getting what they want but it teaches us the importance of knowing the
consequences behind every action committed. There will always be access to getting what you
most truly want however, coming to realize exactly the outcome of your actions becomes more
important. Not only did the little girl go against her mothers permission in eating the whole cake
all by herself but her greedy attitude got her what she wanted but had to deal with the
consequences at the end.