Assignment in Comm 1 (first blog entry: positve and negative connotations)

The first essay entitled 'Turn out the lite' by Anderson Digby was trying to illustrate the bad points of the american and british food by using the word 'Lite' which entails something to lack in quality and it sheds a rather bad light especially as he associates it not only with food but in other areas as well such as culture, religion, education, entertainment, etc. The Second essay entitled 'Nostalgia for Kerala (and its food)' by Peter Cherches, however, shows how appreciative the author is about the Keralan place, culture and most especially food and expressed his disappointment that the Keralan restaurant in the Queens didn't come up to his expectations.

Negative

(Turn out the lite by Anderson Digby)

1. The mildest thing one would want to say about this horrid, dry pink innovation, which sweated under the grill and fell to bits, was that it was less than a sausage.

2. Lite is insipid, weak, denatured, flat, diluted, and easy: food for cowards and children.

3. So booming Lite business gives us a picture of the American and British consumer of food. He is ignorant, timid, squeamish, and childish.

4. Come to think of it, Lite is quite a good description of the rest of our culture. Our morality is Lite, childish, and diluted. Our religion is insipid and undemanding.

5. The entertainment industry is fluffy and flimsy.

Positive

(Nostalgia for Kerala (and its food) by Pete Cherches)

1.There are beautiful beaches and backwaters, places of great historical interest, reflecting the region's varied colonial past, and an overall sense of contentment and well-being among the people.

2. Kerala is a success story of the developing world.

3.  It has the highest literacy rate of any state in India (largely a result of years of Marxist local rule), and though generally a poor, agrarian region, the poverty isn't abject.

4.  It was a lovely, idyllic place, and I felt a bit like Gauguin arriving in Tahiti.

5. The menu was intriguing, including such seasonal specials as rabbit roast and frog legs fry (toddy shop style).