1. What kind of culture that the French people have that manifested in the movie?

French culture is a center of fashion, cuisine, art and architecture. The main setting of the
movie is in “Paris” and some the culture that manifested in the movie are:
 Dinner is very important for the family. No business related things during dinner.
 French cuisines are very ample in the movie like Foie gras and Ratatouille.
 Parisian atmosphere in the movie Ratatouille: the fountain for example, with its
rat heads and champagne bottles in memory of the ones on Place des Vosges with
their circular basins and their lion heads from which water pours out.
 The iconic Eiffel Tower of Paris shown in the movie.

2. Of all subjects, Why do you think the movie choose a “Rat” to represent a French
cook?
In this movie a mouse is an image of dirtiness and cooking is a job with an image of
cleanliness. That’s a super contrast. It’s just to show how impossible it is for a mouse to be a
chef.
I think they choose rat as French Cook to show us that whatever our condition, wherever
we come from, whatever we look like, and whatever our background, but we certainly have
unexpected skills that we can develop it. And, the bravery can make our dream come true.
This movie wants to show us the reality on how often we judge people based on their
physical appearances and frame our opinions on them without even looking at their
capabilities and talents.

3. Give as many as French words as you can in the movie and give the meaning of it.

 Ratatouille - a vegetable dish consisting of onions, zucchini, tomatoes, eggplant, and

peppers, fried and stewed in oil and sometimes served cold.
 Mademoiselle - an unmarried French girl or woman —used as a title equivalent to Miss
for an unmarried woman not of English-speaking nationality
 Mosieur - the conventional French title of respect and term of address for a man,
corresponding to Mr. or sir
 Foie gras - the liver of a specially fattened goose or duck prepared as food. short for pâté
de foie gras.
 Souffles - light fluffy dish of egg yolks and stiffly beaten egg whites mixed with e.g.
cheese or fish or fruit
 À votre santé - to your health —used as a toast
 Oui - Yes
 Chef de partie - you get to oversee a section of the kitchen, be it pastry, butchery, fish,
sauces, vegetables and so on.
 Commis - an assistant, especially to a chef.
 Lalo - a combining form meaning “speech".
 Voila - used to call attention, to express satisfaction or approval, or to suggest an
appearance as if by magic.
 Plongeur - Divers / Dishwasher
 Tomme de Chèvre - is an artisanal goat’s milk cheese
 Touché - is an expression acknowledging the clever response or point made by someone
in a discussion or debate.
 Saffron- the dried, aromatic stigmas of this plant, used in flavoring and coloring foods,
and formerly in medicine.
 Bonjour - is a French greeting that means hello
 Au revoir - goodbye until we meet again.
 Mimolette cheese - is a cheese traditionally produced around the city of Lille, France
 Consommé - a clear soup made with concentrated stock.

4. Why do you think Ratatouille is the central dish in the movie?

They chose ratatouille as their main dish because it is a food for poor people.
Aside from it is a rat that made or discovers it. When Ego tastes the dish, coincidence that
the integrity recalls his experience of his mother's expression of love through food. He is
reminded of the true power of love. Though ratatouille is a simple dish and not popular in
their town it is special because they made it full of love.

5. What is the Morale of the Story?

"Not everyone can become a great artist but a great artist can come from
anywhere". Whatever our appearance is we have our own abilities, capabilities and skills
that we possessed and develop.

Don’t let anyone to define our limits, our only limits is our soul so we have the authority
to govern the direction of our own life. There are a lot of difficulties, struggles and
hindrances that we may encounter; we just need to focus on our goals and how to pursue
it. We never know until we try to make our fears to be our strengths and be the power of
your voice. Appearance is not all matters but the perseverance and the dreams you have.
Be ambitious, size doesn’t matter but actions do.