Commentary On Star Food By Dade

Next, this unit taught me that there’s something to be learned from every experience. The story “Star Food” is about a young boy, named Dade, who works at his parent’s grocery store. He spends most of his time daydreaming on the rooftop, avoiding work. His father does not encourage him to miss work, while his mother supports him. In the story we are introduced to a character, a woman, who steals something some bread from the store. Dade watched it all happen but, he didn’t try to stop her. He had stopped people for stealing and confronted, but not this time. Then, it happened again. The same woman came in and she stole some pineapple juice. After she had stolen again Dade began to really think about what he wanted. He said “I tried to discover
what it was, and I had an idea it would come to me on the roof. In the evenings I sat up there and thought. I looked for signs.” He was trying to make sense of all the events that had happened, but he kept coming to nothing. After a while of thinking Dade comes up with an idea of what to do with her. When she went to the store again Dade grabbed her and took her to the back room. This whole time Dade is conflicted in his mind, because he feels the woman knows something about him, and also he is frightened to confront her. Then when he starts to talk to her, she gets up and leaves. Dade followed, for a while, but then he let her go. Throughout the story Dade is torn between two worlds, his mother and his father. His father is trying to make him into a good man and a good store owner, while his mother is encouraging him to be a dreamer and dream big. Dade doesn’t know which path to follow, which leads him into a whirlwind of confusion about the woman stealing. This story taught me that you have to follow your own path, and you can’t let other people rule the way that you live your life.