comm 1 exercise

1. Mark Twain, who has lived in Hartford for several years and whose real name was Samuel L. Clemens, is the author of Huckleberry Finn, a classic American novel.
   

2. Mark Twain's very elaborate and elegant house, located on Farmington Avenue in an area called Noon Farm, was situated near the house of Harriet Beecher Stowe, the author of 'Uncle Tom's Cabin'.
   
3. Mark Twain's home has a large side porch overlooked by windows and a balcony, which, nowadays, remind people of a steamboat that Twain piloted in the Mississippi in his youth.
   
4. Even though Mark Twain was one of the first three people in Hartford to own a telephone, a device first used commercially in New Haven, he never really liked this newfangled gadget since there was practically no one to talk to.
   
5. Mark Twain loved industrial inventions but he lost a fortune investing in them; one of these inventions was the elaborate Paige typesetter, a machine developed at the same time as the Linotype, which, unfortunately for him, much simpler and less expensive.
   
6. After his beloved daughter, Susy, died of spinal meningitis, Mark Twain never felt the same about the house again and so left his Hartford home; he has returned only once to attend the funeral of his friend, Charles Dudley Warner.
   

Figures of Orality

1. How does food become the center of power between master and slaves?

           Food has become the center of power between master ans slaves. Even though the slaves are the ones who are in charge in the labor works related to the production of food, they are still dependent on the little food their masters allow them to have. And also, in the reading's case, the slaves are considered "fertile and consumable". They are forcefully tasked to nurture the young of their mistress living her own baby in hunger. In addition, the slave bodies are considered "consumable"  because they are used to satisfy their master's sexual appetite.

2. How is food associated with a mother?

          Food has always been associated with mothers. From the start, they were the ones who nurture us with their milk. And even until now, they usually are the ones who provide us with food by means of preparing and cooking. In the reading article, the mother also provides food for the master's baby through her milk.

Assignment (Do nations express themselves in their foods?)

1.) What is the main idea of the author in the essay "Do nations express themselves in their foods?"?


                  The main idea of the author is that foods in a certain place tells something about its history, the people residing in that place and a part of the their culture.


State the points that support the main idea.
         a.)  Spain, which was an Arab land for about 800 years, caters and enjoys a lot of Arab dishes.
         b.) Toronto served foods in different varieties because the people residing in there are multi-nationals.
         c.) In Europe and North America, a lot of foods are ready-to-eat. This shows how people there live('fast-moving with hardly any time to spare').