Chang-Rae Lee writes in his essay “Immovable Feast,” about his experience of eating in a boarding school dining hall. He talks about his hatred, but love for the food that was served. Through his use of anecdotes he is able to prove that although he did not love the dining hall it created special bonds with his friends. “My dorm mates and I would find ourselves wandering across the quad arm and arm just after the doors opened at 5:30pm.” The dining hall was a way that brought him and his friends together. Everyone was served the same meal, so there was an inclusiveness to his experience. The dining hall food made him more appreciative of his mothers meals. Chang Rae Lee writes, “The food was not good, it was not meant to be good at least by the standard of my mothers cooking.” At the end of his essay the readers are fully convinced that Chang Rae Lee’s overall experience in the dining hall was more meaningful than a place that just served “bad food.” This “bad food” created him to be able to “dream,” which is part of being a child.