3 introductions Food is essential for every human and without it we could not survive for very long. Thus, food plays an important role in our everyday life and establishes identity, for every culture has its different traditions when it comes to food. Especially for people with a migratory background food takes on an essential role because it is connected to a feeling of nostalgia and it gives them an identity. Particularly in literature that covers stories of immigrants, just like the writings of Jhumpa Lahiri, the food metaphor is an ongoing theme. Eastern and western clothing and traditions can be as different as night and day. These differences can be a difficult topic for immigrants, especially for second-generation immigrants it can be a difference like hell and heaven. That is what the protagonist in Jhumpa Lahiri’s short story “Hell Heaven” experiences. In the west, women can wear short hot pants, see-through crop tops and bikinis, whereas in India for example women should cover their bodies properly in the best case in Saris. Photographs used to be special and we took our time to create the perfect photo. In today’s society, we take more photos than ever and most of the time we do not really think much about it. We are called “selfie generation” for a reason. But photographs only show small sequences of our lives. They do not show the reality but what we want other people to see. However, when we see them in most cases we remember the exact situation we were in this moment. In the short story “Hell Heaven” by Jhumpa Lahiri photographs are takes throughout the whole story and have a special meaning.