He does a great job supporting his opinion that we should be able to eat animals, by using narratives, compare and contrasts, and citing experts that he researched. Not only did his thesis recognize the problem of animal cruelty but, it also proposed a solution which fortified his article. Pollan’s use of narratives brought perspective to his article which. In his opening paragraph, Pollan sets himself at a restaurant, eating steak while reading Peter Singer’s book “Animal Liberation.” Pollan uses the book his reading to address his problem as a meat eater. Pollan uses this narrative to make a personal connection with the reader by hinting to the reader that they too have a moral obligation to question whether eating meat is right.
Being raised in an Asian family, I found it is nothing abnormal about eating pig liver, chicken feet, beef tendon, duck tongue, etc. Balut, a fertilized duck embryo that is boiled alive and eaten in the shell, prefer with chili and vinegar, is commonly eaten in the Philippines and can be found in some other Southeast Asia countries. I found it very disgusting but people treat it as delicacy across the country. “Are these people sick? !” This was my immediate response after I read an article from CNN.com by Emily Lodish, called “What’s wrong with eating dog meat?” This article has undoubtedly made me feel repulsive about the traditional custom of eating dog meat in China and Korea.
He provides factual evidence to back up this information. He even provides a lot of pathos or emotions to the reader. One such story talks about a really healthy adult being infected with contaminated ground beef and his experiences with it. That alone shows the effects of unsanitized slaughterhouses, if the cattle are infected when being slaughtered. That single cattle can jeopardize the entire food supply.
The next element that stands out is the picture of a women eating red meat, the picture looks appealing and will encourage the reader to eat it and directly underneath is a bold quote that names all the positives about eating what you can see in the picture, “A steak kebab is not only a good source of protein but contains essential vitamins and minerals, too”. The paragraph before the first picture is a short story from John’s past. It was put in to point out that in the past, red meat in England was of very poor quality and in some places was not even available to consumption; this fact makes the reader feel as if they’re lucky to have red meat
The Review: Part III of The Omnivore’s Dilemma The Review: Part III of The Omnivore’s Dilemma Part III, chapters 15, 16 and 17 of Michael Pollan’s book The Omnivore’s Dilemma discusses the dilemmas involved in foraging for foods that represent the three edible food kingdoms, the omnivore’s curse in trying to figure out what is safe to consume, and the ethics in consuming animals. Pollan’s book was very insightful and I was compelled to reconsider my present eating habits and some of the ramifications in my decisions when deciding on my food choices. Many Americans, including myself never take the time to consider what processes our food goes through before it hits our dinner table. Usually, the most important consideration is our desire to fulfill and satisfy your specific taste preferences. Very seldom does the topic of where or how our finely prepared vegetables are grown or what our medium well steak went through before meeting its ultimate fate as dinner.
[…] What are the economic, social and environmental effects of eating animals?” (Foer, pg 12) Before even giving the book a chance I anticipated it would be just another pro-vegetarian polemic that would use each of its 300 pages to shame my eating habits. However, Foer with literary aplomb explains that Eating Animals is not that book. Instead of trying to convert the non-believers, he uses his personal relationships and stories surrounding food as a framework for his research into the agricultural farming industry. I believe he does so quite successfully. Foer begins by challenging the reader to an interesting thought experiment.
On the other hand, there is much emphasis on nurture as it focuses on how the environment affects and shapes behaviour. This means that the role of nature is ignored and not applied in their work, as behaviourists usually ignore that genetic-make up could have an impact on the way in which we behave. Many internal factors govern behaviour, one example of this is the role of motivation and emotion are not taken into account in the behaviourist approach. Furthermore behaviourism ignores
“Animals do not reason like humans and cannot vote.” Chu asserts, “[b]ut they have all sorts of feelings just like others.” This is apparently his personal assumption, without a solid scientific base to support. Chu also analyzes that “people [in Taiwan] lack respect for life and see animals as merely lifeless objects,” though he cannot possibly know exactly what other people think. Moreover, Chu
Stephanie Perez March 7, 2012 “Beef as a Health Food? You Bet” This essay by Jed Chambers is a different and an uncommon topic. Besides the fact that it was unusual, it was very helpful for readers to know about this because many readers think beef and meat are fattening. I, myself, thought that beef was fattening so this was helpful for me. I now know that I have to be careful with the fattening areas of beef or meats so the meat could stay healthy.
Animal testing is wrong. I am going to talk about animal testing, why it is wrong and the effect that it has on the animals in general. It’s just disgusting what these people are doing to animals and even though they do it for medical research, they have no right to make another living creatures life a living hell. Here are a few examples: My first argument is storing the animals in cages. It is inhumane to keep animals in small enclosures like that where they wouldn’t even get room to stretch their legs or get the chance to behave like they would naturally in the wild.