Fish Grocery Essay

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Fish Grocery In “Eating Animals,” Jonathan Safran Foer argues that in Americans’ opinion “dogs and fish do not go together” (29). He states that Americans believe dogs are man’s best friend, so it is taboo for them to eat their own best friends. On the other hand, Americans consider fish as food. As a result, Americans have gone so far with fish consumption that it might even be considered that they are at war with it. Americans catching so many fish that they are risking destroying fish populations. Foer states, this situation reflects that food is just about taste, but also can tell other ethnicities’ social histories. As people know, fish are one of Americans’ sources of protein, and for Americans, eating any kind, size, or form of fish is a very command; on the other hand, for many other ethnicities and religious traditions like the Zuni people, the Bugis people and Jewish people, eating fish or certain kinds of fish is against their values and norms. Unlike Americans, the Zuni people comprise one of many Southern Indians tribes that have taboo against eating fish fish. They will not eat fish under any circumstances. Their reason is that there is only small amount of water in the place they live, the desert; as a result, they believe that water is sacred. Since they believe that water is sacred, they will not eat any creatures that live under the water, especially fish. Zuni people believe that fish are more special than any other water creatures because fish just not live under the water, but fish also drink, eat, and breathe the water. The Bugis people are one of the tribes in Indonesia, South Sulawesi that do permit some fish consumption but only under certain circumstances. The Bugis people can eat fish, but not all kinds of fish. They only eat fish that is no bigger than their palms. This tradition is related to a Bugis tale. They believe that

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