Food can be significant in people's lives' for many different reasons - comparison of texts from food anthology. Titus Andronicus and Grandpa's Soup

In the essay Food as Thought: Resisting the Moralization of Eating by Mary Maxfield, a graduate student in American Studies at Bowling Green State University summarizes Journalist Michael Pollan’s theory about Americans’s unhealthy population preoccupied with the idea of eating healthy.

When Michael Pollan's book The Omnivore's Dilemma was published, many readers began questioning him for advice on what they should eat in order to stay healthy. In his more recent book, In Defense of Food, he responds with three rules, "Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants"(Pollan 1). This seven word response seems too simple for a relatively complicated question, but as he further elaborates these rules into specific guidelines, this summary turns out to be surprisingly complete. Using inductive and deductive reasoning, he debunks the ideas behind nutritionism and food science, and proves that the western diet is the cause for food related diseases. Inductive reasoning is when a

Titus Andronicus is a play renowned for its bloodshed and human suffering. Shakespeare’s strategic use of diction, literary devices such as alliteration and rhyme heightens the dark ambiance. The dark and lifeless images which pervade Tamora’s monologue explores the breakdown of human goodness and familial relations and loyalty. Titus Andronicus demonstrates the dangerous force of vengeance. Furthermore, Shakespeare’s underscores the complexity of gender roles that can impede female liberties through enduring patriarchal societal values who elevates a prudent woman over the ‘wildly’ lustful woman susceptible to her sexual appetite.

Later in the story Ascher starts talking about the “Soup lady”, a lady who hasn't yet accepted loneliness. She orders soup every night and is so lonely that she “Drags it out as long as possible”(Ascher 9). The author then throws in some Imagery by saying “Fall from dry fingers and burst onto the soups shimmering surface”(Ascher 9). We get a visual of the lonely old soup lady. Ascher explains to us she is miserable and has no family whatsoever. Ascher states “ no memories linger there”(Ascher 9). As she explains her life, us the readers begin to feel bad for the soup lady. Ascher portrayed the rhetorical strategy “Pathos” while giving us this example.

An Edible History of Humanity is a book written by Tom Standage. It was first published on in 2009 by Walker & Co in the English language. The book is divided into six parts covering twelve chapters. It talks about the civilization of man from Old Stone Age during hunting and gathering all the way to present-day day. In this book, Standage describes how the development of food production has contributed to the civilization of humans (Standage, 113). He also outlines the role of food in the existence of humankind. The main theme in this text surrounds’ the history of man painting food as the tool in industrial evolution, civilization and how it impacts wars, as well as ecological competition. Standage concludes that food is the key cause of

Language and imagery plays a dramatic role in portraying relationships and feelings/thoughts of the persona. Whilst in ‘Burning Sappho,’ the mother’s attitude towards tasks is portrayed as emotionless (“the child is fed, the dishes are washed, the clothes are ironed and aired,”), language is utilised within ‘Suburban Sonnet’ to construct the mother’s mental state and situation as dire. “Zest and Love drain out with soapy water.” The use of two personal, passionate adjectives and the depiction of them being physically overcome by soapy water directly link the mother’s loss of feelings and fiery emotion to the household chores and duties. For example, she “scours crusted milk,” as a part of her role as mother and housewife as the reader is positioned to reject this requirement as a result of the huge impact to her quality of life (“Veins ache”). The literal image of a dead mouse symbolises the mother’s situation as the ‘soft corpse’ directly represents the mother, that is, emotionally dead as a result of the entrapment by society. The reader is positioned to fully

In the poem ‘In A Mexican Restaurant I Recall How Much You Upset Me’ the speaker describes the tough relationship she had with her stepmother and the grudges she held against her such as taking the dog to the pound. Despite their rocky relationship, the speaker still took care of her stepmother while she was dying from cancer. In the poem “What Remains Grows Ravenous”, the speaker describes the gruesome death of her stepmother and how she made sure everything was comfortable so her stepmother could die as peaceful as possible. Instead of telling her how much she hurt her, the speaker decided to put everything aside and focus on her stepmother and her final moments. After her stepmother died, the speaker thought that the death was behind her, but it actually changed her for the better, “I thought everything was behind me:/ death, and dying, and sickness./ I didn't know I was changing my life—/ That I would have done anything,/ that what was left of me would become/ so ruthless to survive” (Limon 30). Seeing her stepmom dying made the speaker realize how short and temporary life is. Although she had to lose someone in order to realize this, it changed the way she thought and benefitted her life in the long run. Her stepmothers death was a turning point in her life where she realized that she is living and dying at the same time, and wants to take control of her destiny and live the best life that she

Figurative language is a main component in showcasing the emotions the characters reveal. An example being when the author writes “ The children huddled up to her and breathed like little calves waiting at the bars in the twilight.” This portrays the children's emotions with more emphasis and really shows how they watched everything Granny Weatherall did with precision. This type of writing really helps the reader understand what is going on within the characters and their actions. The author also displays figurative language in the way she describes how John would be in the situation of them still being together. She describes him as being more of a child, rather than taking a parent role.

The widow grieves for him while hugging her sister Josephine in a painful way. She cries like a baby in a harsh way. But then she goes to her room, where she tries to hide her "forbidden joy" of freedom and liberty. She was going to be independent and the only one commanding her life decisions. The scene shows that she sits in the chair with her physical exhaustion which also reflects that she was tired of life and hard days and nights with no joy to look forward to. Watching the arrival of spring and a vast sky, she says "free" again and again. She cries in an anxious way as if it is just unbelievable like a real dream and she will wake up again. It happens when Richard returns home, and the story ends with these critical lines, “She had died of heart disease, a joy that kills.". Both the stories show death and fear in a different way. Where, one family is afraid of living and exploring, and they ultimately fall prey to the danger and die a meaningless death at the hands of a criminal. While in this, death seems to be liberating. She wanted to be free and empowered, but it came after dying. The endless joy of freedom took her life away. The symbolism in heart attack shows that how life takes away everything from us and at the end, it means nothing. The anticipation of grandmother finally leads to the death of all family and explains how they came to the web of death. While the anticipation in this particular story shows the escape to get freedom from unhappy

With the use of narrative strategies, Laura Esquivel was able to portray tone, mood, and purpose throughout the novel, “Like Water for Chocolate”. In this passage, he protagonist Tita is described cooking Ox-Tail soup and recalls to the times with her best friend Nacha who passed away. Nacha was Titas true mother figure in her life, she was the one who taught Tita how to cook, clean, and everything else. Through Esquivel's style she presents a wistful tone by reminding the reader of the memories Tita shared with her friend Nacha. Titas cooking is now a tribute that Nachas soul is alive within her food.                                 Esquivel's notion of Tita and Nachas memories she creates a reminiscent mood because of the sadness she felt

A child’s future is usually determined by how their parent’s raise them. Their characteristics reflect how life at home was like, if it had an impeccable effect or destroyed the child’s entire outlook on life. Usually, authors of any type of literature use their experiences in life to help inspire their writing and develop emotion to their works. Poetry is a type of literary work in which there is an intensity given to the expression of feelings and ideas by the use of distinct styles and rhythm. These distinct styles include different types of poems such as sonnets, villanelles, free verse, imagist poems, and many more. And these distinct styles are accentuated with the use of literary devices such as metaphors, similes, imagery, personification, rhyme, meter, and more. As a whole, a poem depicts emotions the author and reader’s can relate to. In the poem’s “Those Winter Sundays,” by Robert Hayden, and “My Papa’s Waltz,” by Theodore Roethke, we read about two different parent and child relationships. These two poems help portray the flaws and strength’s parents exhibit and how their children follow their actions and use it as a take away in their grown up lives.

Titus Andronicus is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare in the 1590s, its structure consists of five acts and fourteen scenes. Its major theme is revenge. The play explores the theme of revenge by showcasing a cycle of revenge between the protagonist and antagonist of the play. Titus’s decision to sacrifice Tamora’s son sparks her objective to seek revenge in which she convinces her two sons to brutally rape and ravish Titus daughter, Lavinia, and also accuses two of Titus’s sons to be murderers which leads to their tragic death. Once Titus figures out the truth about all of Tamora’s horrid deeds, it becomes his objective to revenge Lavinia and his family, and from there on the story becomes an even worse bloody nightmare.

Titus Andronicus, Shakespeare’s first tragedy, is one of violent mutilation, extensive revenge, and copious deception. Featuring bloody on stage deaths with brutal causes, it is by far Shakespeare’s most gruesome work. But in spite of all the tragedies that occur, there is a character who feels no remorse for his actions. Aaron, the play’s clear antagonist, is often the mastermind of these plots. While he is seen as the villain, Aaron is a product of his environment.

Titus Andronicus is an interesting play of William Shakespeare’s that deals with multiple difficult and important plot devices and themes. Themes of love, duty, grief, and revenge, among others. The play deals with death, rape, the nature of disability, and service to one’s nation. Many events and tragedies happen to Titus and his family, stemming from Titus killing the son of the queen of Goths. Titus’ perception of his tragedy truly begins in Act 3 scene 1. Two of Titus’ sons are being charged with the murder of the emperor’s brother, despite the fact that they did not commit this heinous act. In the speech he gives in lines 65-80, we see a change in Titus that is unprecedented to this point. Here, because of the injustice about to be served to his sons, Titus shows more outward emotion and affection than he’s shown to this place in the play. The imagery and the speech in this scene tell a bit about Titus before this turning point, and the man he will be after.

The imagery that is shown in the play Titus Andronicus is beautiful but deadly and explicit. The text in the play often describes bloody and explicit stage imagery that would give an overall explicit visual experience to the audience. This explicit visual image was also witnessed by the many readers that studied only the play. While reading the play, I had noticed that the imagery of dismemberment among the characters in the play was widely noticed. This imagery was consistent among the different scenes throughout the play.