My Stomach Has a Mind of Its Own.

My stomach has a mind of its own
I know its human nature, at times I feel like its me alone
They say the good things in life are bad for you, candy tought me the reason
but because its so tempting, it messes with your thinking
The sounds may distract you. Like crumpling a wrapper
Popping like bubblegum, cracking Like crackers
I can try my hardest, and be sorta descriptive
but at times, food is like a drug, it's sort of addictive
They say the good things in life are bad for you
but when it comes to food, it's one hundred percent true

--rayal

Tortilla Soup

In tortilla soup, there was a family of three girls and one father. The father is the character who I thought was the most important in the movie. He was getting old but a great chef. He also had many otha side issues like problems letting go, extremly old fashioned, and only had others best interest at heart.
He was an alone father to three daughters and althought they were grown for the most part, he still treated them all like children. Not only that, he also holds on to his ex wifes death, which makes him unable to move on at first. Each of his three daughters have there own different dreams and perspectives on life and their future, but they do things just to make their father happy. He is also very old fashioned which is some small way is probly another reason for him being unable to let go. With his recipes and raising his children, he always complains about sticking to tradition. In the end he realizes through seeing his daughters moving on in their lives that you have to let go and move on, which he does with which April. They get married and are having now his fifth baby girl.

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Have you ever noticed that when the thought of food or preparing food, the first thing that comes to mind is a woman in the kitchen. Have you ever herd of the saying "the best way to a mans heart is his stomach"? Combining these two I feel that women use food as a method to control and manipulate men. There are many examples of this in text throughout time. Three examples would be from the text The Book of J, The Odyssey, and Like Water For Chocolate.

The Book of J is the Common story of Adam and Eve and the Garden of Eden. In the story, Eve convinced Adam to eat the fruit from the tree that was forbidden from them by god. Adam was made to be above her but yet was controlled by Eve. They both knew that they were not to eat the fruit, but although tricked by the snake she ate it first. Then she goes and persuades Adam to eat some. With the fruit, she manipulated him to eat from the tree which caused them both to suffer.

Another example is in The Odyssey with the witch-goddess Circe. What she does is drug a feast and turns all of Odysseus men into pigs. It was also said that she planed to eat them later on, who knows. She poisoned the beautiful meal and changes the men for her own benefit. Once again, a women using food to get a man(male in this case) to do what she wants

Also in Like Water For Chocolate, the main character Tita is the woman who prepared the majority of the meals. Most of the meals she made affected those who ate it. She once made some quail with a rose and with that meal came a few special effects. This meal rose sexual tension and desire throughout all those who ate it, especially her love Pedro. Although I don't feel this was intentional, the meal she made controlled a man.

In conclusion, I feel that women use food as a method to control and manipulate men. Eve and the apple, Circe and her feast, and Tita's quail all controlled men one way or another. Some may have been blind to the fact as well as some done it intentionally. As far as the saying "the best way to a mans heart is his stomach", the men are just proving it to be true.

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When you hear that easter is Coming aren't the first things that comes to mind easter eggs, the easter bunny and Candy? Have you ever wondered how rabbits became associated with easter? I believe that no one is completely sure where that belief started about. Some say it was derived from the celebration of the pagan goddess Eostra, while others say its from Germany in the 1500's where kids eagerly waited for the arrival of Oschter Haws. Both seem to be just beliefs but where exactly does the rabbit come in?

One side of the story says that rather than being Called the Easter bunny, it would be more appropriate to say the Easter hare. The hare came from the pagan celebration of the goddess Eostra; which is where the word Easter comes from. Eostra had to do with fertilization which connected the hare's eggs also as a symbol. Also, they say the hare is associated with the moon which may indirectly associate with Easter because the fact that Easter is determined by the phases of the moon. In case you didn't know, the first Sunday after the first full moon after the spring equinox, march 21st.to

Another side to it is the natural appearance of a rabbit is a creature that lays bright colored eggs as a treat for children was documented in Germany in the 1500s. Children waited for Oschter Haws on Easter just like they wait for Santa Clause on Christmas. This tradition seemed to have traveled with settlers to America in the 1700s. At this time the Easter bunny became a strong symbol of the holiday known as easter. once again, this is more a belief than a fact.

The common belief of easter to Christians and Catholics is an religious one. After jesus was crusified on the cross, he said he would rise on the third day. When he did, that day was known as easter Sunday. To this day many people believe and celebrate this as Easter Sunday.

In Conclusion, not only are there different beliefs for there being a bunny involved in this holiday, but there are different explanations for this holiday as a hole as well. Some say its say its symbolic to the goddess Eostra, as well as some say it was due to Oschter Haws. Either way, its a still a holiday that is known around the world, we just have a few ideas of where the mascot originated from.