What I gathered from this chapter is that almost every meal
mentioned in a story is usually one of importance. Which makes sense because I don’t
think I’ve ever read or watched a meal that didn’t have a deeper meaning or
symbolize something else. Like in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets when
Harry has breakfast with the Weasley’s after escaping the hell-hole that is his
aunt and uncle’s house. From what I can remember this is the first meal Harry
shares with an all wizard family and they soon become the closest thing he has
to one. This first meal symbolizes the start and entry of Harry becoming a part
of their family. Harry also learns to travel by floo powder which later becomes
a quick way to escape from any type of threat. So this one meal with Harry and
the Weasley’s seems so be very important for Harry to become comfortable with
the Weasley’s as well as becoming comfortable with other aspects of the magical
world.
Another
great meal is the one in the beginning of The Hobbit at Bilbo Baggins’ home
with a group of dwarves and a wizard, Gandalf the Grey. Originally, Bilbo did
not expect these dwarves to come over but he couldn’t do much to try to make
them leave. And as they all made their way to his home at different times they
each would ask for something to eat, but the eating didn’t end until almost the night was coming to an end. Once they finished, the dwarves happily cleaned up their mess
as well as leaving Bilbo’s pantry empty and, there again, Bilbo couldn’t do
much about his home being with out food. So once that all ended, Gandalf announced why they were all there, except
for Bilbo, he knew why he was there. The dwarves needed to take back their
kingdom from the dragon, Smaug, but in order to sneak up on the dragon they
needed a hobbit since they can pass by anyone or anything undetected. But since
hobbits don’t like to stray too far from their home, this sounded like a
terrible idea to Bilbo and of course he denied the request at first. Then once
they all left onto their journey early the next morning Bilbo woke up and
realized he made a mistake and quickly packed up his essentials and left. The
leader and king of the dwarves, Thorin, has his doubts in Bilbo but has no
other choice than to accept him. In that one meal Bilbo learns the terrible
times these dwarves have gone through and he also overcomes his fear of the
outside world by taking this huge step in his life. If Gandalf had not chosen
Bilbo and marked his door, then he would still be living a boring life in a
hole.
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