homeland‚ Earth‚ but also the human population as well. The issue also imposes several consequences on the human population as it begins to impact sacred resources. New York Times author Michael Pollan instills a sense of fear as he addresses the topic of climate change in his article Why Bother?. Pollan essentially argues that although the planet is in grave danger due to excess amounts of continuous carbon emissions‚ the human population has done absolutely nothing to stop it. The author asserts
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Pollan also brings up the issue that argues no matter what people do‚ no individual personal choices can not do enough to make an impact. What is also needed is laws and money‚ along with countless of little everyday choices people can make to save the planet. The problem with society is the Cheap energy‚ that is keeping people from going green. So the question is Why Bother‚ if all these other factoring issues are in the way of a person trying to make a difference? Well Pollan says‚ " If
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“In Defense of Food” is a book written by Michael Pollan which was released in 2008. Pollan writes about the “Western Diet” and the dangers associated with it. He proposes a new answer to what we should and should not eat. He states that it comes down to seven simple words: Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants. Those are the words that he opens the book with‚ this is his basic recommendation. He states that the rest of the book is just a detailed elaboration of those words. The first half of the
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American people to get up and do something about it. Why Bother? written by Michael Pollan opens the reader’s eyes in a compelling way to global warming and other related environmental issues. Pollan uses rhetorical strategies such as the use of current and past events‚ pathos‚ and ethos to persuade his readers “to bother” (312) and start thinking more about the environmental issues that involves everyone. Pollan tries to persuade his reader by looking at these global issues from many different standpoints
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dangerous consequences linked with it such as” western diseases” (Pollan‚ 420). To maintain his outlook on the matter‚ Pollan explains factors of the western diet that says what Americans think they should consume. These factors contain scientists with their hypothesis of nutritionism‚ the food manufactures behind the theories by creating products‚ and the health business making medication to back up those similar theories. Overall‚ Pollan believes that “in order to escape this diet and ideology of nutrient
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Nation: The True Cost of America’s Diet.” Both works share similar ideas‚ themes‚ and lessons. “Fast Food Nation: The True Cost of America’s Diet” focuses on the average American diet‚ containing processed foods‚ fast foods‚ and more unhealthy products. Pollan‚ rather‚ wants to show the cycle from the farm to the food on the table. One way that the two writings are similar is that they both concern the ever-growing presence of processed/industrialized foods. According to the “Fast Food Nation” article
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Pollans summary Helping preserve our earth is something every individual should be taking a part of because our planet is on the fast track to no longer existing. Michael Pollan’s article “Why Bother?” opens reader’s eyes in a good effective manor‚ using rhetorical strategies to help them see the good that comes out of going green. He captivates his audience questioning what are they doing to help our climate change for the better without hurting the planet even more and he beliefs that it is
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May 15‚ 2013 http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/19/magazine/say-hello-to-the-100-trillion-bacteria-that-make-up-your-microbiome.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 I can tell you the exact date that I began to think of myself in the first-person plural — as a superorganism‚ that is‚ rather than a plain old individual human being. It happened on March 7. That’s when I opened my e-mail to find a huge‚ processor-choking file of charts and raw data from a laboratory located at the BioFrontiers Institute at the
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the harmful effects associated with it such as “western diseases” (Pollan‚ 434). To support his view on the issue‚ Pollan describes factors of the western diet that dictate what Americans believe they should eat. These factors include scientists with their theories of nutritionism‚ the food industry supporting the theories by making products‚ and the health industry making medication to support those same theories. Overall‚ Pollan feels that in order to escape this diet‚ people need to get the idea
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ENGWR 301 13 February 2014 In Defense of Pollan When Michael Pollan’s book The Omnivore’s Dilemma was published‚ many readers began questioning him for advice on what they should eat in order to stay healthy. In his more recent book‚ In Defense of Food‚ he responds with three rules‚ "Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants"(Pollan 1). This seven word response seems too simple for a relatively complicated question‚ but as he further elaborates these rules into specific guidelines‚ this summary turns
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