To prevent myself from spoiling, I'll make this short until after Wednesday and maybe put my entire train of thought about this last segment of the book. Four main thoughts I have of this past segment was:
1. You definitely can't "cook" until you no longer need the "cookbook" open.
2. Change is great after many disappointments but too much change is never good. Actually, excess change is perhaps a premonition that something much more horrible will happen. (Sorry if I burst anyone's bubble on that.)
3. Food is life. (I would put more emphasis on this because the class is all about food but the book provides enough enstrangment that I am rendered speechless in addition to not spoiling the remainder of the book).
4. After finishing this book, I couldn't help but notice that I could not stop thinking of the "Circle of Life" and my craving for watching the Lion King again. Thus, I put this video (that is definitely not mine) up.
a. Everything goes full circle; with the second segment we had to read, the idea of a new life being born after a death (deaths if including the wife's deceased mother).
** Video URL is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vX07j9SDFcc .
lol have to agree, nothing can beat the lemon picking part :D
ReplyDeleteAnyways I'm quite curious as well since your so excited about the ending. I hope it doesn't have a emo ending as well :(
I just wanted to comment that "The Circle of Life" things also present in Buddhism, where they have the wheel as the symbol of life going around and around (birth -> death -> rebirth .... something along the line.. i forgot the details)
It's just wow... So concluding but still keeping one component of life still open. I can't really say as I fear I'll spoil it XD (already spoil movies D: books don't need to be added)
ReplyDeleteI agree with the Circle of Life statement. The book seems to cycle through the many stages of life, and also through the stages of mourning. The book emphasizes McAllester's journey through the stages of grief: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance.
ReplyDeleteIn the beginning, he denies that his grief is caused by him mothers death, then he moves on to being angry with his mother for leaving him. Once he hits the bargaining stage, he is desperately trying to get his mother back through various means, most notably cooking. He then briefly slips into a depression when Pernilla and he fail at having a child and he begins to delve into his mothers medical history. Once he understand her whole story, he comes to accept her death and realize that looking to the future is much better than dwelling in the past.