The Hundred-Foot Journey Setting (In the Begining)

The Hundred-Foot Journey Setting (In the Beginning)

          The Hundred-Foot Journey's setting is taken place in Bombay which is in India. In the beginning of the book, it talks about how his family journey started in a kitchen in the plains of India. The author puts great detail talking about the setting in the beginning. " My life in the kitchen, in short, starts way back with my grandfather's great hunger. And that three day ride atop the train, baking in the fierce sun, clinging for dear life as the hot iron chugged across the plains of India, was the unpromising start of my family's journey."

            The author adds more detail about the city of Bombay. It gives almost background information about the city. "To understand the Bombay from where I come, you must go to Victoria Terminus at rush hour. It is the very essence of Indian life. Coaches are split between men and women, and commuters literally hang from the windows... The trains were so crowded there isn't even room..." This information shows how Bombay is a busy place and very highly populated with people. The transportation systems in the city are really important and busy.




   Train station in Bombay       

          



Bombay at night

The Hundred-Foot Journey Word Choice

              

      

   I have started the Hundred- Foot Journey and the first thing that I noticed as I was reading the first several pages that there is a lot of show not tell. What that means is the author isn't really telling what is happening, what it is and etc.. The author is showing by using really good details to describe. An example of this was actually on the first page and the main character Hassan Haij was describing his destiny, "I suspect my destiny was written from the very start, for my first sensation of life was the smell of machi ka salan, a spicy fish curry, rising through the floorboards to the cot in my parents' room above the restaurant," (pg.1). This sentence shows how the smell  of the fish curry went through the floorboards to the cot in his parents room above the restaurant. The author didn't just say that the smell was everywhere.  With a lot of description in this book, I can actually visualize what is happening in the story. It is almost as if I can hear, smell, taste or feel what is being described. The descriptions help the book become more interesting.The Hundred-Foot Journey so far is a very good book. The descriptive details help the book make it more interesting to read and helps me visualize what's happening.