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86. The First Night
Themes
Key
LitCharts assigns a color and icon to each theme in With the Fire on High, which you can use to track the themes throughout the work.
Coming of Age and Teen Parenthood
Creativity vs. Professional Norms
Food and Connection
Caregiving, Independence, and Identity
Support, Community, and Mentorship
Summary
Analysis
Emoni and her exhausted classmates listen to local chefs introduce themselves. The last chef to do so, Chef Amadí, is maybe only in her late 20s, and she makes North African-inspired modern Spanish food. Chef Ayden then announces which students are apprenticing with which chefs. Malachi will learn butchery and curing, while Emoni will be working with Chef Amadí.
Noting that the kids are exhausted suggests that they’re having a hard time staying engaged and focused on their apprenticeships. Given her youth, Chef Amadí seems as though she may be more easily able to connect with her young apprentice.
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