Prompt Number 3

In Fried Green Tomatoes By Frannie Flagg, the most prominent theme to be learned is to not discriminate against those who are different than you. This is shown when a young African American man named Ocie came up to the cafe one day during lunch and asked Idgie for some food for him and his friends, even though it was against the rules. Idgie looked at him and said, " Let me tell you something Ocie, you know that if it was up to me, I'd have you come on in the front door and sit at a table, but you know I can't do that...I want you to go back over to the yard and tell your friends, anytime that want anything, just to come on around the kitchen door" (53). This shows that even in the south there were people like Idgie who didn't care what your skin color was or what you looked like, she was always kind and willing to help you. No matter what the towns people said to her that it was bad business, she didn't care because she was her own persona dn no one could tell her what to do. This is also shown when she teaches her son Stump that it is okay to be different, " But you know Stump. I'd hate like the devil to think that you didn't have anymore sense than that poor, little dumb dog we saw today, so I don't want to hear anymore about what you can and cannot do"(115). This proves that she taught him a valuable lesson that even though he only has one arm that it doesn't mean he is any different that any other kid. He still plays outside and has all the capability to learn and grow up like a normal child, he's not different.