These foods are what the American culture believes is okay to eat. Her mother disagrees and does not want her to eat this. Her mother opens a can of tuna not knowing why it stinks so terribly bad. This is an example of the difference of cultures and being unaware of the American culture. Since Geeta Kothari mother does not know about the tuna and why it smells Geeta Kothari becomes very frustrated. Geeta Kothari states, “There is so much my parents don’t know. They are not like other parents, and they disappoint me and my sister. They are supposed to help us negotiate the world outside, ad teach us the signs, the clues of proper behavior: what to eat and how to eat it” (2013 …show more content…
This may be a clue to help the reader foreshadow what will happen is the future with the authors fight between the American culture and the Indian culture. The author is struggling with her culture now she can’t remember the names of different spices and cannot prepare her cultural food correctly. This also may be a sign of Kothari losing her own Indian culture and changing to American culture. The author questions herself “What does this mean that I cannot replicate my mother’s Dal” (2013 p.926). Again he compares food to her own culture. She doesn’t not know how to create this dish that she has been tough plenty of times, but does not remember how to correctly prepare. This is another example of Kothari losing her own