Pollan Ethos Pathos Logos
Michael Pollan’s “The Consumer—A Republic of Fat” is an essay that talks about obesity. He talks about the changes in lifestyles and uses of different foods. Pollan’s writing compares and contrats the writing, he uses ethos, pathos, and logos to state his argument, and his success in his argument and improvements that could be made to make the writing better than it already is.
Pollan compares the past causes of obesity to the present causes of obesity. He also contrasts the difference of sugars and uses of corn over time. Pollan states multiple times how alcohol caused obesity in the nineteenth century. Pollan says that the production of corn has changed over time, which it has. Corn was made into whiskey several hundred years ago, but now …show more content…
Pollan uses ethos, pathos, and logos to get his point across. He uses several different people as resources that attain to the subject of writing. He uses some of the Founding Fathers to talk about what did according to the drinking problems then. An example of logos would be when Pollan tells about a story from The Alcoholic Republic, which talks about how much drinking was done in the nineteenth century. Pollan used pathos to show the frustration and hurt to relate to other people of how alcohol and/or obesity has changed someone or their family’s lives. He shows the frustration of how people always go the cheaper way which is, again, usually less likely to be the healthy method. One would say that Pollan was successful in his argument. One might also say he could improve his writing in many ways. He used ethos pathos, and logos well. By using that, it makes the reader more appealed to the writing, especially pathos because it is more relatable to other people. Many people may also like the facts or hearing from a reliable person to believe it, so that makes the essay more intriguing. One would possibly say that Pollan’s writing could be improved by being slightly more detailed and concluding slightly better. He, rather, just stops writing and may be inclusive to the reader.
Pollan’s writing compares and contrasts the writing, he uses ethos, pathos, and logos to state his argument,
Pollan compares the past causes of obesity to the present causes of obesity. He also contrasts the difference of sugars and uses of corn over time. Pollan states multiple times how alcohol caused obesity in the nineteenth century. Pollan says that the production of corn has changed over time, which it has. Corn was made into whiskey several hundred years ago, but now …show more content…
Pollan uses ethos, pathos, and logos to get his point across. He uses several different people as resources that attain to the subject of writing. He uses some of the Founding Fathers to talk about what did according to the drinking problems then. An example of logos would be when Pollan tells about a story from The Alcoholic Republic, which talks about how much drinking was done in the nineteenth century. Pollan used pathos to show the frustration and hurt to relate to other people of how alcohol and/or obesity has changed someone or their family’s lives. He shows the frustration of how people always go the cheaper way which is, again, usually less likely to be the healthy method. One would say that Pollan was successful in his argument. One might also say he could improve his writing in many ways. He used ethos pathos, and logos well. By using that, it makes the reader more appealed to the writing, especially pathos because it is more relatable to other people. Many people may also like the facts or hearing from a reliable person to believe it, so that makes the essay more intriguing. One would possibly say that Pollan’s writing could be improved by being slightly more detailed and concluding slightly better. He, rather, just stops writing and may be inclusive to the reader.
Pollan’s writing compares and contrasts the writing, he uses ethos, pathos, and logos to state his argument,