Rhetorical Analysis Of The Pleasure Of Eating By Wendell Berry

Ethos, or the ethical appeal, establishes an author's credibility. Berry demonstrates a great ethical appeal in "The Pleasure of Eating." Not only a novelist, but also an environmentalist and farmer, Berry is more than credible to write about this topic. He lives on a farm in Kentucky where he has worked for over forty years, learning the ins and outs of his own agricultural production ("Wendell Berry"). Due to Berry's lifelong experiences with farming, it is easy to feel more confident in the information and better trust that it is

Authors Khullar, Barlett and Steele, Singer, and Hurst in Food Matters, argue many valid and important points previously discussed. Singer suggests that “competition in the marketplace” has a higher cost in the lives of the animals, so that their “flesh” can be provided to the consumer at a lower cost, and I agree because people can cause a strain with product demands (Singer 179). It’s easier to believe that chickens, cows, and pigs live on Old Macdonald’s happy farm than

From The Pleasures of Eating, Wendell Berry broadens the debate of the food industry with this claim: “Vegetables grown in huge monocultures are dependent on toxic chemicals—just as animals in close confinements are dependent on antibiotics and other drugs” (p. 3). Normally, the food industry topic seems to have an immediate connotation of corrupt practices in the handling of livestock; however, Berry extends the same concern to plants. The primary focus of Berry’s article is to “restore one’s consciousness” (p. 3) of the process of processing foods. Only with this knowledge can one escape—or, at least attempt to—the grasp of the food industry. What is commonplace in the American diet and the American grocery store are scientific products “produced by any means or any shortcuts that will increase profits” (p. 3), making a shopping trip for a truly healthy eater much like a task of sifting through a dump for a gem. Juxtapose the taste of “ugly” produce from a natural garden with the taste of produce engineered to be aesthetically pleasing and the competition is practically nonexistent; however, consumers of the new generation find it awfully difficult to get past the aesthetic comparison.

When it comes to the topic of the local food movement, Stephen Budiansky will readily argue that it is actually better to nationally transport nourishments and expend produce from agriculture fields U.S have than it is to buy food that is grown locally. Where this argument usually ends, however, is on the question of which is the better way to eat? Whereas some are convinced that eating organically is the way to be, Budiansky maintain otherwise.

Wendell Berry starts with ethos, by expressing how most people have one perspective of where food comes. Without them knowing the little details behind the process. He states that most of them liberate the idea that all food comes from a farm, and magically appear in grocery stores, emphasizing that they haven’t acquire enough knowledge to understand that there is more to it. To think most of them don’t even think if the farms that are producing will continue to do so, for the rest of their lives. By giving simple facts, the reader contemplates an illusion that he has the right idea. They start believing if their children don’t get the proper information about food, they will have the same exact perspective of where food comes from, which to them is a grocery store. “The industrial eater is, in fact, one who does not know that eating is an agricultural

According to Robert Kenner, creator of documentary Food inc., the agriculture business produces food that is unhealthy to the environment, along with non domesticated animals. Environmentalist and author Wendell Berry states in his paper From The Pleasures of Eating, “When food, in the minds of eater, is no longer associated with farming and with the land, then the eaters are suffering a kind of cultural amnesia that is misleading and dangerous.” Today, humans find the most effortless food options to go about their daily lives, hence all the processed, microwaveable foods. Unless consumers take a larger part and responsibility in the economy of food, the “cultural amnesia” will continue to mislead and be dangerous.

The consumer may care about the animal in an ideal sense but does not realize how the animal is being treated. Most consumers do not even realize that the food they are eating is not

Authors Khullar, Barlett and Steele, Singer, and Hurst in Food Matters, argue many valid and important points previously discussed. Singer suggests that “competition in the marketplace” has a higher cost in the lives of the animals, so that their “flesh” can be provided to the consumer at a lower cost, and I agree because people can cause a strain with product demands (Singer 179). It’s easier to believe that chickens, cows, and pigs live on Old Macdonald’s happy farm than

In the 80’s advertisement had everyone asking “Where’s the beef”. The trouble is, no one was asking how the beef is raised, and who was handling the beef. As a matter of fact, the majority of consumers still aren’t taking interest in the ethical issues of food. On the other hand, several authors in the book “Food Matters; A Bedford Spotlight Reader”, not only take an interest in the issues, but bring the matters into light. Peter Singer writes about the inhumane way animals are raised, and how there is no need to eat meat or use animal made products. Sally Kohn tells of the injustice way food workers are treated. And, finally Eliot Coleman writes about how the word organic has changed because companies want to create money by being trendy. The ethical issues that concern me most are how the animals and humans are treated by food producers and if these producers care more about the full production of their company than making money.

In the speech, What Is Wrong With What We Eat, Mark Bittman states, “Livestock is one of the biggest corporates in land degradation such as air and water pollution, water shortages, and losses of bio diversity.” The main issue of this world is that the over production and over consumption of meat and junk food argues that we need the nutrients, but on average, we eat twice as much protein compared to the scientist suggested amount of half a pound of meat per week. The theme that is prevalent throughout the speech is Bittman getting his point accrues in the most effective way possible. Bittman continues the theme throughout his presentation by keeping an intended audience in mind, solidifying his information and keeping the audience

The two distinct worlds that interest to meet the threshold of pleasure eating are the external and the internal environments. Internal pleasure emanates from the need to meet the basic needs of existence, while the external pleasure aims to meet the requirement of satisfaction. From time immemorial, human beings have sought ways to ensure they remain food sufficient because of the critical role it plays in preserving and enhancing the quality of life. Research shows that all human beings have the inherent desire to seek pleasure while avoiding pain at all costs (Berger 17). In doing so, people use various means to ensure they achieve the ultimate happiness. Food is one of the items that give human beings the greatest pleasure since they serve multiple functions. It is worth pointing out that human beings

Without food, people will die. Either they do not have the means to buy food or they live in a place where food and vegetation are scarce and not readily available to the public. In any case, food remains a necessity all living creatures must have. Thanks to modern technology and advancements in all fields of agricultural business (agri-business), the availability of food has increased tremendously. Modern farmers put in the same amount of work and effort for twice the reward. Wendell Berry, a man who grew up during the transition of old farming style and new farming style, noticed the transition from mules to tractors and the efficiency that came with the switch. Berry wrote an article titled “Renewing Husbandry”; in his article, Berry

We often forget where our food comes from and how much time and energy goes into what we eat. Our awareness doesn’t stray far from grocery stores and their orderly aisles of products ready for consumption. With this ease of availability, It’s hard for most to imagine the lengthy process that goes into something like a simple sandwich. On a larger scale, agriculture is an important industry all over the globe. And the effects it has on the environment and consumers are seen everywhere from inefficient water usage, harmful herbicides, soil nutrient depletion, to deforestation and harmful or unregulated produce, which is why sustainable agriculture is so important. It makes senses for us as customers to understand the effects our food industry has, because whether or not you’ve stepped foot in a field, your money is the driving impact on which farms and their techniques will continue or cease.

This shift in food sourcing has coincided with the use of money in everyday life. In order to live, most must purchase their food already prepared at a store. While convenient for customers, this way of life has caused a lapse in information and many do not understand what went in to the food they are purchasing. In addition, farmers began focusing more on monetary profit and less on land, soil and food quality. This shift of focus has led

Food is an essential part our lives, and we all have a set of values that we try to embody in as many ways possible. For example, we might choose to not shop at certain stores because they exploit women or we might choose to buy recycled goods because we support sustainability. Typically however, we do not see our values translated into our food consumption. There is a saying, “you are what you eat”; in an average setting most people would not condone violence against animals, yet people continue to support factory farms who practice animal violence.