Blog 5

In the film Como agama para chocolate the role of food played a role in personal and national identities. The way food impacted the characters personal identities is the way they acted after they ate the food that Tita had cooked. When Tita had received the roses from Pedro she thought about cooking the rose petal chicken. When everyone took a bite of the rose petal chicken everyone had a different reaction to it. When Mama Elena took a bite of the chicken she said it was to salty because she never shows emotion in front of her children but Tita could see that she really enjoyed the food. When Pedro took a bite of it he said right away that it was the best food he has ever had. Gertrudis after she took a bite became horny at the dinner table. She ended going to the shower to continue and while she was doing that the rebel leader was able to sense that she was in trouble and came to rescue her. The way food impacted national identities is when Tita went to the doctor she ate different food there than what she would eat at her house. When she was at her house she would eat corn tortillas.

Blog Entry 4

In the 1973 science fiction film Soylent Green takes place in a densely overpopulated, starving New York City of the future, NYPD detective Robert Thorn  investigates the murder of an executive at rations manufacturer Soylent Corporation. With the help of elderly academic Solomon "Sol" Roth. Thorn begins to make real progress -- until the governor mysteriously pulls the plug. Obsessed with the mystery, Thorn steps out from behind the badge and launches his own investigation into the murder. he role of food has a metaphorical meaning in the film. The "Metaphorical Meaning of Food" in the film Soylent Green is food is treated prosaically or as a mere prop to help the spectator engage with the story line; something to add a sense of completeness to the leap of imagination needed to believe in the cinematic illusion of a future world. This shows that food in was the main focus in Soylent Green because food was scarce during this time and the people living the slums were only able to survive on rations meanwhile the rich were able to have real food and not live on the rations. The film revolved around food because if the owner of the rations wasn't executed no one would've known that dead bodies were being put into the rations and that the political officials were having all the real food for themselves. If I was Detective Thorn situation I wouldn't be afraid to expose what was really in the rations. I would hope that by telling people they will revolt against the upper class. I would not be afraid of getting threatened  by the government for exposing what really was in the rations.

Blog 2

In the film Babette's Feast the main idea of Power of Food and the Protestant Ethics were presented throughout the film. The power of food was displayed throughout the film when Babette cooked up a meal for the village. The general of the army was in attendence for this meal. The general was the only that had commented on the food that Babette cooked for them. The general said the meal had reminded him of a cafe he ate at over 30 years ago. It had that turned out Babette used to cook in that cafe until the war broke out. Another the power of food was presented in the film is when Babette had gone back to Paris for a little bit. Babette used to cook really good meals and everyone in the village enjoyed her cooking but when she left to go back to Paris for a little the cooking started taking a decline and everyone disliked the cooking. Everyone enjoyed Babette's cooking so much that they begged her to stay and cook for them since they really enjoyed her cooking. The way Protestant ethics is portrayed in the film is during the anniversary dinner for the death of the pastor. During the scene when everyone was at the dinner they agreed not to say anything about her cooking. They did this because it is against the protestant way to use stuff that isn't theirs. They really wanted to say something about the cooking but they knew they couldn't.