By John Lanchester

Project done by Nikko Sanchez

The Debt to Pleasure

His main home is in Province of France He was originally from Norfolk England He travels around southern France to

learn more about culinary arts like cooking and tasting other restaurants and foods from these restaurants relates to past stories.

Point of View1st person point of view Since it 1st person you see the evil

physcopathic mind of TarquinSee his train of thought or stream og

consiousness

Is the protagonist character in the story Tarquins real name was Rodney but changed his name

because of a “Shakespearean charismatic villain” His parents died from a gas leak in their Motivations: He wants to get more attraction on his culinary

works than his brothers artistic works. Also he becomes fond of Laura and since she is married he thinks that since he cant have her no one else can have her. “Laura and I moved toward each other and at the same time at the same moment we exchanged a kiss”

Conflict: Throughout the story you learn the sinister side of Tarquin which reveals all the murders he does to people that

Tarquins younger brother Is killed by Tarquin by poisoned mushrooms that

Tarquin feeds him Struggled to become a famous sculptor

She is the wife in the honeymooners that Tarquin stalks in the story.

She is writing a biography about Bartholomews wife

Ran into Tarquin in Province

Laura Tavistock

PEACHES AND RED WHINEWhen Tarquin starts describing the recipe of peaches and red wine he tells the story about how he tries to poison his brother with a peach jam made from the peaches outside their home.

Mary - Theresa and Irish Stew

Mary – Theresa taught Tarquin his first meal to cook which was the Irish stew

The Irish stew resembles the story because the Irish stew has many key things that over take other ingredients, it has layers, just like how the story has layers that you have to see one by one.

Winter

“winter presents the cook with a...combination of threat and chance”

Since Tarquin is a threat to society winter symbolizes the start of the story

Every little pleasure comes an evil side

Menus and foods people eat can tell who a person is

Themes