In The Importance of Being Earnest, Jack and Algernon clearly have a preoccupati

on with food. In this lesson, you explored the deeper meaning of this preoccupat
ion. Using what you learned in this lesson and what you have read in the text, d
iscuss how food serves as a symbol for obedience to impulse and the pursuit of p
leasure. How does this symbol help Oscar Wilde to comment on and satirize societ
y?
In the story, "The Importance of Being Earnest" Jack and Algernon's preoccupatio
n for food serves as a symbol for obedience to impulse and the pursuit of pleasu
re, by becoming a recurring item throughout the story plot, food symbolizes obed
ience as through the story character will return to food, for comfort, or some o
ther reason.