ghosts+of+taste

ghosts of taste response Response for both (based off notes): 1st paragraph = author purpose & diction/tone 2nd paragraph = role that food plays

In "The Ghosts of Taste: Recapturing the Flavors of Childhood," Edna O'Brian suggests that food is a constant in our lives that we can use to look back into the past. She uses wordy descriptions  with lots of imagery to emphasize how food can bring back memories from all the senses. Her tone is nostalgic as she is reflecting on her childhood and using food to outline sections of her life.  She believes the role food is that it is a representation of our emotions stating that we eat food depending on how we feel no matter how we view food. She writes of her past in terms of food, using the food that she remembers the most from that time in her life to sum up that period.