The Food in Snow White, There is Always the Dinner Table and Watch How You Eat, and Tampopo

Reflect on the following texts we have covered so far and select one from each category:
1. Ancient Texts:
Excerpt from Plato's Phaedra
Pythagoras' argument for a vegetarian diet
Ovid's "There is Always the Dinner Table and Watch How You Eat
Either of the two Genesis accounts
Plum poem (including the scene from Crossing Delancy if you like to include it)
2. Fairy Tales
Snow White
Little Red Hood
3. Tampopo
Then compose a short analysis in which you explore the commentary two of the texts and the film make about our relationship to food? Focus on specific literary devices such as a theme, symbol, or metaphor that occurs in more than one work. For example, the wild beast/boar is a reoccuring symbol that we encounter in Pythagoras' argument as well as in Snow White and Tampopo. An interesting focus for an analysis might be to explore the significance of the wild boar in each of the texts. What are the points of similarity? What do the differences draw our attention to and why might this be significant?
To make the analysis interesting, avoid simply retelling the plot and practice reading between the lines to probe at the deeper meaning of use of the wild boar in these works.
While you may certainly use the example as the genesis for your analysis, you are free to select a focus that reflects a shared theme, symbol, or metaphor that intrigues your imagination.
Technical Details:
The essay presents a unified, coherent, and well-reasoned argument that addresses the given prompt
Effective three-part structure (introduction, supporting paragraphs, conclusion) and effective use of transitions to connect the individual parts
Compose the analysis in the third person. The occasional use of the first person is permissible. Avoid using second person pronouns/referents. Follow the link for more information on point of view
Length: 2.5 to 4 pages
Double space the document throughout
Select an easy to read size 12 font
Adhere to standard one-inch margins
Use signal phrases and in-text citations when paraphrasing and quoting directly from the texts assigned in class. No works cited citation is needed for texts that I provide as part of the course materials. While you are not expected to engage with outside sources, provide works cited citation for any outside source(s) from which you quote or paraphrase.
Assume that your readers are familiar with the works you have selected and concentrate on developing the analysis by refraining from summarizing the texts/films.
If sources were consulted, provide the works consulted section to identify the source(s).