Dinner time was and still is supposed to be the time where the family members gather at the same table, each sharing his/her stories for the day. However, I felt from this reading that the TV existence has reformulated the definition of dinner time in the American family experience. Of course the family members are still sitting with each others, but there is no interacting. They are just staring at the TV screen. I think that this is the pivot where family problems can persist.
Dad being Dad then would go to the kitchen counter and put another dinner plate full of whatever entree my mother was serving for dinner. My mother would say something about how much he was eating, and he would respond, "Yes.
One scene in El Bola that does a good job showing the difference in thinking and acting between the two family or the old and new Spain is when the two families are having dinner. Although the two families are sitting around the table having dinner the way they interact with each other really shows the difference between them. There is a contrast between the two. When Pablo’s family is seen having dinner it is dark and they are not talking to each other except when Pablo’s father starts verbally abusing Pablo. This seen I think does a good job showing how they are an older model of a family in Spain because Pablo’s dad still has his mindset on the old Franco way of thinking because he is the head of the house hold and everyone else is lower than him.
Traditionally, eating dinner with your loved ones was a time to enjoy a meal, converse, and simply talk about your day. Now, that social structure has changed, and it has become rare to see someone sitting at the dinner table without their cellphone or laptop right by their side. This can be constraining to relationships between family and friends because of the lack of communication. We become too engaged with media and technology that we have no time for real life. Luckily, when at the dinner table, we have the ability to turn our cell phones off or put them on airplane mode.
However, when I laughed during the second family meal, the family members that were at the first meal again asked if I was ‘OK’ and saying that it was the second time I had done that (laughing amongst each other) and began a conversation whether there was something wrong with me. During the events I was thinking whether they would become determined whether there was a problem with me, which made me feel like what I was doing was not wroth carrying out. 5. After it was over, I was thinking whether my family would actually think I had a mental illness or any other issue, which consequently made me feel slightly worried. However, an hour or so after the meal I told my parents that it was all an observation of their reactions to abnormal behavior, to which they laughed and told me how much of a fool I made myself look like.
He roamed around the living room for about a minute and then climbed back over the gate and into the kitchen area but while doing so he actually fell on his butt this time. Grayson then climbed onto the kitchen chair while waiting for his food. He stands on the chair and then starts to hit the table over and over. Grayson seems to be impatiently waiting for his food. He then gets his food and now it seems he doesn’t even want to eat it.
Only four of the Pilgrim women were at the feast. The big party was held out-doors since there was no indoor place big enough for all of them. When we think about Thanksgiving dinner, there are certain food items that come to mind. We think of turkey, stuffing, cranberries, sweet potatoes, and pumpkin pie. We generally think about this as the Traditional Thanksgiving dinner and probably assume that the Pilgrims ate a similar dinner.
While ,in Algernon's case, he is always receiving food from the women around him, rather than providing for his guests .This fact also observably proves that the men’s weakness in the high society. He also is aware of how mismatched his food consumption makes him in high society. He even comes out and tells Jack later in the play that "When I am in trouble, food is the only thing that consoles me”. It was not common for a man to speak of flaws, fears, or feelings at all .In our traditional thought, a man should be iron enough to bear all the problems he came across. While in this play, the food becomes a key point to help us
In the story “Turkeys in the Kitchen” by Dave Berry, Berry identifies many different stereotypes about the genders that he notices at a Thanksgiving holiday gathering. Berry states that men are scum when it comes to helping out in the kitchen. He also says that Thanksgiving night is probably the slowest night of the year for sexual activity. Berry says that men can’t help the fact that they are not good at watching the children because watching the Detroit lions is distracting to them and the children end up injuring themselves or the dog. He says the reason men do not help in the kitchen is because they learn everything they need to know in shop class which does not include cooking.
Adding to this is their daily intake of processed food high in saturated fat and low in nutrients. I am continuously having to flight so that my children don’t eat these types of foods and I must admit that it seems as if I am at war with my community, friends and family. It is really hard to stick to what we think is right for our kids. All around us, there are two many temptations. If my children go around a friend’s house or a birthday party, even if they go to their grandparents… everyone is at it.