Summary of Prose's "Faith and Bacon" Literature Essay

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Summary of the Prose’s Faith and Bacon
Francine Prose wrote the article “Faith and Bacon.” She tries to explain how eating pock in the Jewish was regarded as an abomination. She starts by explaining that she was brought up in Brooklyn during the 1950s. Her parents were assimilated Jews and were brought up in more observant households that did not entertain eating pork. As such, the family used to order sweet-and-sour chicken at the nearby Chinese restaurant, whereby all people ate pork. However, as Prose narrates, Bacon was not considered to be pork, although it used to contain some pork. As such, some Jews, especially those who preferred feeding on pork, used to order the crisper and harder bacon because it included less pork.
The Jews believed that eating pork was a way of breaking God's commandments. Therefore, parents attempted to raise children in the instructions of God by prohibiting them from eating pork. According to Prose (2)...