Summary Of Fried Rice By Shun Li Koaw

Family members will stick up for each other even during difficult times.The short story illustrates how important family is due to Marta's mother dying, which causes many conflicts throughout the short story. The Cookbot is an AI chef who cooks for Marta Father, who is trying to perfect his mother's unique style of fried rice, but fails to do so. In the short story “Fried Rice” by Shun Li Kow, the central idea that is being developed throughout the short story is that family members will always encourage each other, even during difficult times. A way that the author Shih Li Kow illustrates the central idea of how families help each other is, when their mother knows that she is going to die she prepares recipes, leftovers and food for them even after she's passed away, so they can continue cooking. For instance, in paragraph 8, Marta tells her dad that the fried rice is improving by saying “It's good, Dad. Better than yesterday” (Know page 2). This quote shows how, even when Marta has been eating fried rice constantly and is sick of it, she still encourages dad to perfect it since it is special to them. Furthermore, in paragraph 31, Marta is showing the central idea by saying “her cooking was either too bland or over-seasoned” (Kow page 5).