Yes Chef Marcus Samuelsson Character Analysis
“I crammed my grief and fear into a little box and closed it up until I was ready to deal.” One person who can deal with this kind of misery is Marcus Samuelsson, the author of Yes, Chef. The memoir Yes, Chef is about Marcus Samuelsson who was born in Ethiopia and adopted by a middle-class white family in Sweden and eventually becomes a very famous Chef. In his book, he talks about the challenges he faces throughout his life to accomplish his goal; racism and the death of his family members were the most difficult once.
Racism is the biggest challenge that Marcus faces while trying to achieve his goal. Marcus is raised in a country where almost all people are white, and he starts facing racism at a very young age. He begins confusing where he belonged when his classmates teased him and called him the negerball. He had a good life and a family who loved him for who he is, but the racism he faced at school shades black in his childhood memory. Also, when he tried to apply for a job at Mac Donald, the way …show more content…
He had a close relationship with his father and grandmother. He learns how to cook from his grandmother Helga, and he remembers every detail of the time they spent in her kitchen when he was a child. The death of Helga and not to be there for her funeral hurts Marcus. Also, he had a good relationship with his father, and he learns everything that a man needs to know from his father, and Marcus mentioned in his memoir that he wants to be a man who provides and who can be there for his families just like his father. His father was dead when Marcus was in the United States, and because of his immigration status, he didn’t go to his funeral. Marcus chose to stay in New York and accomplish his dream over his father’s funeral. His mother and his sisters understood his situation, but the truth is he is avoiding things which could get in the way of his success, and he always regrets in some of his
Racism is the biggest challenge that Marcus faces while trying to achieve his goal. Marcus is raised in a country where almost all people are white, and he starts facing racism at a very young age. He begins confusing where he belonged when his classmates teased him and called him the negerball. He had a good life and a family who loved him for who he is, but the racism he faced at school shades black in his childhood memory. Also, when he tried to apply for a job at Mac Donald, the way …show more content…
He had a close relationship with his father and grandmother. He learns how to cook from his grandmother Helga, and he remembers every detail of the time they spent in her kitchen when he was a child. The death of Helga and not to be there for her funeral hurts Marcus. Also, he had a good relationship with his father, and he learns everything that a man needs to know from his father, and Marcus mentioned in his memoir that he wants to be a man who provides and who can be there for his families just like his father. His father was dead when Marcus was in the United States, and because of his immigration status, he didn’t go to his funeral. Marcus chose to stay in New York and accomplish his dream over his father’s funeral. His mother and his sisters understood his situation, but the truth is he is avoiding things which could get in the way of his success, and he always regrets in some of his