Who is Ratatouille?

Moments after seeing Ratatouille, I got thinking about many implications from the film that may or may not have anything to do with reality, but if they don’t, well they sure are interesting to me. I though about how different this movie is, if you look at it from a different perspective. I had seen it before, but paid no attention to many subtleties it presents. This time around was a little different.

Who does each character represents?

Who is the Rat?

Who is Alfredo?

Who is the Bad Chef?

I though it was interesting that it was a rat who did all the cooking while all the credit went to the up and coming young male. Could it be that the rat represents the working class? Which is not the same as the middle class by any means. I found it intriguing that the only woman in the film was relegated to a second role as the supporter of the main character. Could it be that the evil chef with his ready-made meals was representative of capitalism or at the very least of the corporate world?

I’m not so sure about who the food critic represents, but it could be that he is a symbol of the ruling class making judgments as to who is or isn’t worthy of praise, and with the power to elevate or eliminate those who are trying to make it to the upper levels of the social stratosphere.

Wow. I didn’t think a Pixar movie could have so many social issues in about 110 min of run time, I mean, I did think it was possible, but I just didn’t see it before.

My Thoughts on Afterlife…

My perspective comes from realizing the grandness of existence and the beauty of the energy that make our lives possible. See, the more I meditate about it, the more certain I become in that there is an existence beyond our known physical perceptions. Our senses are rather limited, but our awareness can certainly reach into places our own conscious self can’t (for the most part).

I believe that there is an origin, kind of a pure energy source where everything is interconnected, and where there is no such a thing as “time” as we experience it. I think that most people, to a certain extent, have some awareness of this “origin” and have historically tried to put different names to it (We know which ones).

I think that our current human condition, or physical presences in the physical world are manifestations of this higher vibrational plane, thus the notions of reincarnation in some philosophies and religions, and the idea of eternal life after death.

In essence, I believe that we are physically manifested energy. Our bodies contain this energy (soul) for the time being, but there is an ever going process of change that has been occurring for a lot longer then we can even begin to fathom and will continue to happen for the rest of eternity.

So far, it’s been a fun ride.