If You Are What You Eat Then What Am I

Geeta kothari s if you are what you eat then what am i shares a personal story of a young woman s efforts to find her identity as she grows up in a culture different than her parents.

Kothari retells memories from her childhood in india as well as her experiences as an american student. Throughout the authors essay she uses food as imagery to compere her problems with here culture and the culture she s living in now. The application of this saying implies that if you eat a chicken leg then you are in fact a chicken but kothari sees this saying in a whole new light. Her essay if you are what you eat then what am i is widely taught in universities and has been reprinted in several anthologies including in best american essays.

Her family who originally came from india have certain ideals set on how food should taste. Kothari the narrator of the story in if you are what you eat then what am i is very detailed in explaining the different aspects of her life when it comes to food the main summary of this essay revolves around the food choices of kothari as an indian american. She is the editor of did my mama like to dance and other stories about mothers and daughters and her short story collection i brake for moose and other stories will be published in february 2017. She is stuck between two different cultures the indian culture and the america culture.