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.