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"Health-Food Diner" by Maya Angelou is a delightful critique of the health-food movement, written with a tongue-in-cheek tone that both teases and humanizes those who opt for so-called healthier dietary choices.
31 Μαρ 2021 · What matters most in your daily interactions isn’t so much the specific actions you take or the words you say that people remember most, but how someone was made to feel: listened to or ignored, included or left out, amused or exhausted, or big instead of small. This is the essence of it.
1 Μαΐ 2014 · Angelou expresses the fact that she does not feel the need to deprive herself of the food she enjoys so fully and thinks those who do deserve mocking. Angelou effectively changes the tone and diction when she goes from talking about health foods to meat to portray her feelings to readers.
Analysis (ai): The poem expresses a preference for traditional and indulgent foods over health-focused options. It reflects the tension between healthy eating and the desire for comfort and satiety. Compared to Angelou's other works, this poem is less political but shares her focus on personal experience and appetite.
1 Μαΐ 2014 · The health food trend is a finicky and scrupulous way of living that Angelou criticizes. She gives the examples of the typical foods that make up a diet, "sprouted wheat and soya shoots/And brussels in a cake/Carrot straw and spinach raw" (1-3), and quickly puts in her two cents, "Today, I need a steak" (4).
7 Ιαν 2015 · The Health-Food Diner. No sprouted wheat and soya shoots. And Brussels in a cake, Carrot straw and spinach raw, (Today, I need a steak). Not thick brown rice and rice pilaw. Or mushrooms creamed on toast, Turnips mashed and parsnips hashed, (I’m dreaming of a roast).
The Health-Food Diner. No sprouted wheat and soya shoots. And Brussels in a cake, Carrot straw and spinach raw, (Today, I need a steak). Not thick brown rice and rice pilaw. Or mushrooms creamed on toast, Turnips mashed and parsnips hashed, (I'm dreaming of a roast).
