What does ''A slimy rock cod with bulging eyes that pleaded not to be thrown into a pan of hot oil.''
and
''A bowl soaking dried fungus back to life.''
mean?

The things to look at in determining the appropriate response for this question are the adjectives. Let’s take a look at the adjectives used within this excerpt to describe things: “strange,” “littered,” “appalling mounds,” “slimy,” “rubbery,” and even knife markings that resembled bicycle tires. These are descriptions that one would not generally use to describe anything worthy of ingestion. As such, the imagery within this excerpt certainly makes the food seem like something that should not be eaten.

Explanation:

hi u can delete this

i literally just read the book and studied it for months so i could you, but i need to know where these questions are coming from. they are too general.