Eat Drink Woman Themes

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The movie, Eat, Drink, Man, Woman, tells the story about a widowed father and Chinese master chef Chu and his three daughters. It explores the themes of family, tradition, and relationships. The themes of family and tradition are highlighted throughout the movie by the reoccurrence of Sunday dinner. Mr. Chu prepares these elaborate dinners every Sunday for his three daughters. He puts these Sunday dinners together as an expression of his love for them because he has trouble communicating his feelings. The daughters seem to go to the dinners out of tradition, obligation and respect for their father. Throughout the movie all of the characters lead separate lives, but every Sunday they come together as one. Every dinner, a member of the family would have a life-altering announcement to make. The family does not follow many traditions that go along with Chinese culture, such as the order in which the siblings should be married. The youngest daughter, Jia Vig, defies tradition by getting married first in the family, and also getting pregnant before marriage.
The youngest daughter did what a lot of people may say is ethically and morally wrong by having a relationship with her co-workers ex-boyfriend. Personally, I feel as though the co-worker was just stringing him a long and Jia Vig did not know that her co-worker/friend actually loved him. It also presents the topic of social distance. Is it okay to date a co-worker's ex but not a friend's? I believe that it is, but this situation was different because they were not only co-workers, but also friends. However, I do not think what she did was ethically wrong or manipulating. She did not know that her co-worker loved him and she believed that she was helping this boy out by befriending him; she just happened to also fall in love with him. In the end, you can not help who you