The Hundred-Foot Journey Analysis

So we've got four different locations here, and each of them matches certain things that happen in the story. Except for the beginning of the book, where Hassan tells us about his grandfather durin...

Hassan's the man at the microphone in this book, telling us his own life story through his own eyes and experiences. That Hassan is running the show is clear from the very first sentence. Check it...

If you can stop thinking about food while reading this book, the fact that it's a coming of age tale becomes pretty clear. After all, Hassan goes from a kid following his nose to a man following hi...

At the end of Chapter 11, when Papa agrees to let Hassan go to work for Mallory across the street at Le Saule Pleureur, Hassan says: It was such a small journey, in feet, but it felt as if I were s...

The book ends kind of quickly. And by quickly, we mean that while reading it we kind of thought that there would be another page or two. Hassan's just had his big success (hey there, third star), e...

This book is pretty straightforward. The plot is presented from beginning to end without any jumping around, plus the writing style is descriptive, so we're given all the information we need withou...