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Diana Food In America

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For Diana, food has been a core value of her life and the making and consumption it has brought her closer to many people. It represents not only a snack or meal, but a connection to America while she’s away or it evokes a feeling of closeness between her and the rest of her family. In the book the Language of Baklava by Diana Abu-Jaber, Diana has to constantly transition between friends, schools, countries, and how to act. She finds some assistance through the consumption and making of food. The food present in her daily life is a metaphor for something bigger such as love and can bring people together or tear them apart. The presence of food in this book represents how Diana’s life can cause turmoil for the better or worse, how it can put …show more content…

“Now the knaffea calms Bud and Uncle Hal down. It makes them remember their mother, and they forget again about being surrounded by Americans,” (119). Oftentimes, Diana and her family can be combative toward each other. The food made by the members sometimes create tranquility between the siblings. (insert 3 quotes and descriptions) When her father and his brothers get all riled up, they can’t focus and settle down to any degree. The food from where they grew up gets served, and they feel a sense of loss almost and strum (instrument name) softly and sing together. The food brings them back to another time and reality they won’t encounter …show more content…

When Diana moves back to America from Jordan, she makes a friend named Suzy who she meets after sharing food with her. It wasn’t any type of food, but it was food from Jordan. Another time, when she was younger, Diana went to a strict elementary school run by nuns. Sister John was one of those nuns, and when she found Diana was from the “Holy Land” they became very close. Sister John also had Diana moved to her class and Diana’s father invited Sister John to come to their house and try food from their origin. Sister John held a high regard for Diana’s father (quote here) but became a bit too fond of him and Diana’s mother had her removed from Sister John’s class. Different or new types of food can bring many people out of their shell and can create friendships. It also makes people happier and touches others. (refine

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