Metaphorical meaning of food

While i was watching this movie i found it to be very interesting. The reason why i thought this movie was interesting was because of how similar the social aspect of it was to the life we are all living right now. In the movie its as if the middle class was completely erased and the upper and lower class were more considered to be black and white with no gray area. In the movie you could clearly tell who was living well and who was not living well. With that being said the metaphorical meaning of food to me was that food really meant you were living life and you were living well. That is pretty much the same way we live today but just a little different. For example today when someone is eating a dish such as steak and lobster they would be considered to have a fair amount of money. In the movie and elegant dish or food that represented wealth were simple foods such as meat or jelly. It is very hard to think of what i would do in the situation. That basically means im being asked what i would do if i was poor and barely had food if any to eat. To that regard i would probably become a thief and steal food from other people just to survive. If that didn't work out for me then i probably would become a police officer like the main character in the movie and i would help stop the greedy criminals like myself form committing thefts or other petty crimes. Although even that option probably would not be the best option either because im not getting paid much and also id have to deal with a lot of hungry people who are trying to fight to live in a poverish world.