This reading focuses about a Vietnamese living cook name
Bihn that works for two famous American that live in Paris. In this story he is
the narrator. He explains his experience as a chef in Paris. It was really
interesting because he shares his story with the reader.
He explains a lot of daily issues as
race, gender, and sexuality. This story has written in the 1930 and even
thought I didn’t read the book I can assume that the Chef is homosexual. My
question is for some cultures homosexuality is not accepted and in some cases
they can even have a job or even a normal carrier because they are being judge.
How did he manage to work as a Chef? .
He also had a
language problem it was hard for him to understand some of the farmers, but in
some of the conversation they were asking him questions that were not
appropriate and that it didn’t making feel different good like “Will you marry
three or four asiatique wives” “Are you circumcised”. Do we think that
sometimes in our society we assume and ask questions by people looks?
Nancy, the two quesions you pose are interesting as both seem to ask why we often revert to stereotypes. When you ask "My question is for some cultures homosexuality is not accepted and in some cases they can even have a job or even a normal carrier because they are being judge. How did he manage to work as a Chef?", I'm not sure what you mean by the phrase "in some cases they can even have a job or even a normal carrier because they are being judge"? Do you think there is a difference between a Chef and a cook, especially a live-in cook?
ReplyDeleteMiss B, i am sorry i posted the wrong thing that was my first draft.In the first post i had some errors.This is the correct answer.
ReplyDelete"This reading is focused on a Vietnamese "live in cook" named Bihn that works for two famous Americans that live in Paris. In this story he is the narrator.He explains his experience about his life as a chef in Paris. It was really interesting because he shares his story with the reader. He explains many societal issues such as race, gender, and sexuality. This story was written in the 1930's and even though I didn’t read the book I can assume that the Chef is homosexual. My question is if homosexuality was not accepted in some cultures
and during this time period, and in some cases homosexuals can't even have a job or even a normal career because they are being judged; How did he manage to work
as a Chef?
He also had a language problem as it was hard for him to understand some of the farmers. For example, in some of the conversations they were asking him questions that were not appropriate and that made Bihn feel uncomfortable such as “Will you marry three or four asiatique wives”? or “Are you circumcised”? Do
we think that sometimes in our society we assume and ask questions based on people's appearances?
In response of your question I meant that in some cases they can't have a normal job or normal career because they are so often judged based upon their sexuality, looks, and/or gender. I do believe that there is a difference between a chef and a cook. I work in the restaurant industry and a "chef" is considered a glorified title. A cook is just someone who prepares a chef's creations. A cook is considered a lower title than a chef. A live in cook has the duty of preparing food for the same family and their friends on a regular basis. There seems to be no glory or prestige in this title as well. My question posed presents the effect and implications of stereotypes. Back in the 1930's, homosexuality was significantly less accepted than it is in modern times. I can only assume that a country like Vietnam would have exorbitant stereotypes against homosexuals. I wonder how a man living in Vietnam during the 1930's can have possibly held down a job based on the stereotypes people held against him. People label other people and assume they know who they are based on the characteristics of gender, race, sexual preference, and/or appearance.