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I Like The Tri-Written Chapter Style Analysis

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Overall, I like the tri-written chapter style. The three different views all gave insight to the chapter and added information that the others did not have. The main advantages was this chance to see one thing from three different points of view. There was something that everyone could to connect to weather it be the love of canning and garden fresh tomatoes that Barbara Kingsolver or the want to know more about the Federal Farm Bill that her husband covered. Camille Kingsolver also provided a younger connection talking about the realization of August and the return of school. Barbara touches on multiple things such as the canning, to thinking about growing up rulaly, to the modern day farms and the challenges they face. Between the three of …show more content…

Some of the disadvantages are finding smooth transitions. I understand why Steven L. Hopp’s part was added where it was but it still seemed out of place. His ideas seemed to be just thrown in to add him somewhere into the chapter. With three different writers and writing styles it can be very easy to end up with a chapter that doesn’t flow well. Sometimes the writing was too sporadic and I felt like their point was not coming across.
Each author contributed something different. As I said before, Barbara Kingsolver touched on many different things. Her main idea seemed to be telling people to be detail oriented. Look into where your produce is coming from and really think about the difference in taste of garden fresh vs just produce. She wanted people to understand taking the time to can in the summer allows her to spend less preparing meals during the year. Her ideas also had a sort of nostalgic feel. “But canning doesn't deserve its reputation as an archaic enterprise murderous to women's freedom and sanity” (199-200). She also talks about growing up rural and important it is to buy from local farms. “In my own life I've had ample opportunity to reinvent myself as a city person-to pass, as it were- but I've remained tacitly

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