Blog Entry 5

Professor Esa

By F. Mason Hertrich
Personal identities in the film are shown through the making of the food and how it relates to what the characters go through. An example of this is found in the sisters wedding where everyone gets sick. Which is paralleled in the scene towards the end at Titas wedding where people feel great. The food still being good, except the taste being affected by what the main character is going through. As far as the national identity relating to the food in the film is done by mixing the making of the food with their cultural traditions. Which is something shown a lot in the film, with the mother having her youngest daughter not get married and live with her until she dies. Which is somewhat unique to them, which is what led the doctor not understanding it. The food is also very important for the main character because it is basically the only thing that makes her happy. Due to the mother being very controlling, and that being repeated with the sister taking the mothers place. By getting the house and repeating the same thing that the mother did to Tita also by doing the same thing to her daughter. Through all this the food expresses the turmoil the main character goes through as she has had a very bad life.

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