Food is something we deal with everyday. It becomes such a momdain act that we do not feel it needs to include in movies or literature. Therefore when it is included it is there for a reason.Foster specifically notes “Whenever people eat or drink together, it’s communion” (8). In the selection of “Winter in the South” Strother relies heavily on the idea of food to portray the meaning held by the story. The main focus was on the lack of food and then the poor meal they found once they actually could eat. “‘Oh, only sort o’tol’able. Iv’e got some hoss feed, a peck of corn or thereabouts, and some slated bran.’ ‘Hurrah! That’s gloriuos!’”(739). The squire was also picked on for the excess amount of food he usually consumes. He explained “‘this
