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Contrasting Regions: West vs. East
Born in India and from an Indian family, Hassan finds himself navigating European culture for much of his adult life in The Hundred-Foot Journey. This straddling of two very different cultures—we're talking food, religion, and more—is something Hassan struggles to strike the right balance with throughout the story. Whereas Hassan's father and sisters stick to their Indian ways of life throughout the novel, Hassan adapts much more of the European ways. It isn't until he adopts what he learns from both worlds and creates a synthesis between them, though, that Hassan really stands tall.
Food is a metaphor in this book for the difficulty of being out of your element culturally.
Food is a metaphor in this book for the fact that we are all comprised of a variety of cultural ingredients.
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