As the Earth’s population grows, a plethora of people crave more meat to consume. However, as urbanization grows, farmland is becoming difficult to find. The lack of farmland will limit the amount of meat produced from these animals as their population starts to decline. The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization recommends people digesting more insects. In the “UN Recommend Eating More Bugs” as reported in The Why Flies, David Tenenbaum builds an argument that eating insects can resolve a world food problem by using the ethos, logos and pathos appeal to strengthen the logic and persuasiveness of his argument.
Tenenbaum uses testimonials of people on the idea of eating insects to prove insects help increase the scarce amount of food in the world. They served one group fried bee larvae and “they think, ‘this tastes really good, familiar.’” If people’s views on insects start to shift, then more insects would be considered an edible dinner. It would help our world ecologically by limiting the use of butchering animals. It also uses a worldwide known book, “in the Bible,
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An example is “advocates of edible insects point out that they are related to crabs and shrimp”, this shows that insects can be treated as if they were seafood and can become desirable to consume. Another example is that “entomophagy, as it clunkily called, is becoming hipster-faddish in some maxi-trending venues.” Entomophagy is the human consumption of insects and as it’s becoming more popular, it’s being expanded into different areas; meaning more people exposed and eating bugs. Phillip Pellitteri said “if you get past factor that it’s an insect and just taste it, some [dishes] have interesting flavors”. Therefore, moving past the disgusting factor, the consumer would become intrigued with the food. The pathos appeal was in effect through the descriptive word
David Suzuki, Zoologist and the writer of an essays “Food Connection” and “It always Costs”, from Essay Writing for Canadian Students with Readings, by Kay Stewart, Roger Davis, Chris Bullock & Marian Allen. 6thed Toronto: Pearson, 2008. 344-349, stated that food is what nourishes us, connects us with the Earth, and reminds us of the cycles of the seasons. Eating is an activity that we as humans do at least two times a day. We live in a world where the variety of food is immense, and we are responsible for what we eat. We decide what we are about to eat and how it will affect our bodies. In his essay “It always cost” he emphasized that technology nowadays constantly seems to seep its way into our daily routines. Everything we do is somehow connected with technology. We must understand that...
The insect keeps the meat fresh by not immediately killing its prey. Instead, it cuts carefully around body parts integral to life, first eating the ones least necessary to survival and ending with vital ones. Gould likens this process to that of drawing and quartering; an antiquated execution procedure practiced by humans, writing, “As the king’s executioner drew out and burned his client’s entrails, so does the ichneumon larvae eat fat bodies and digestive organs first… preserving intact the essential heart and central nervous system” (Gould 2). Gould refers to the human victim as a “client,” a word which connotes partnership and consent, making it seem as though the person in question agreed to their own death. As Gould extends the executioner metaphor to the wasp through his use of analogy, one is lead to believe that the victim of the wasp willingly consents to his death as well. Furthermore, the grisly process detailed in the passage seems quite ordinary, as the reader is desensitized to the violent actions of the wasp through Gould’s cold, clinical word choice, or lack thereof. The stark contrast between the wasp’s brutal actions and the lack of descriptive language denys one an opportunity to fully comprehend the agonizing death of the insect’s victim. This portrayal of the wasp plays directly into the religious perspective by depicting it as an insensitive being with a shocking lack of compassion for its victim. As morality is defined by the ability the determine right from wrong, the wasp appears to be totally immoral as it mercilessly murders another creature for its own
Many works of literature inspire new works to be made every day. From things as old as beowulf to the many shakespeare plays, current day writers keep pulling ideas from the classics to create their own stories. Because of this, many older works of literature are still relevant today. The novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding is more current than ever with allusion from Popular television shows, music that is heard on the radio and the newest blockbuster movie. The many allusions in modern day literature and works of art to lord of the flies are too numerous to count.
Hosseini’s purpose of writing the Kite Runner was to teach the readers the different ethnic groups in Afghanistan. The main character, Amir, is a Pashtun and Pashtuns are Sunni Muslims, then there are Hazara’s that the Pashtuns do not get along with. Hazara’s are not welcomed by the Pashtuns because they are different social classes.
“A Modest Proposal” and “Let Them Eat Dog” have a common argument that we are dealing with over population of humans and animals. Swift uses satire to make us think that he really wants us to eat babies. Foer tells us of people eating animals were not accustomed to. This can put an economical strain on everyone if we don’t use our resources wisely. Both of these articles may be elusive for some to read. Both papers touch on the topics of eating animals, economic issues, and culture.
In the article “The Six-Legged Meat of the Future”, authors Marcel Dicke and Arnold Van Huis explain that due to the environmental effects that is caused by meat, people should begin to consume insects instead of meat. They also argue that due to the rise in production costs of livestock, the rise of human population and using insects in our food would solve some of the problems that are “associated with livestock” (Dicke and Van Huis 345. In addition, the article is not persuasive because even though both Dicke and Van Huis use statistics and evidence to establish their credibility and to build a bridge to their audience and make the audience emotionally involved, their argument is weakened by the use of fallacies.
Census Bureau, 2013) Based on a census in 2013, there are 7.125 billion people in the world. The world can hold much more than that. Which leads to the rest of the world occupied by the animal kingdom. Humans cannot live in this world without animals, off the simple fact of survival. If animals were not present, where would the food supply come from? It is recommended that a human needs 0.5-0.7 grams of protein per pound in the body. Not only are there mammals, like chickens, cows, pigs and other species like fish and shrimp but, the insects to consider also. These insects have a huge impact on the human race. Insects, like bees, provide the vegetation for humans. For example, a bee has to carry the pollen, which is produced by the flowers, to other flowers in order for this process of pollution to occur which has to happen in order for plants to grow and produce the fruits and vegetables for humans to eat in order to survive. Many of our medicine today comes from plants, so if there are no plants the human population will start to decline. If we rely on the Takers perspective, how would humans gain these proteins? One way could be resorting to eating other humans, which would lead to a decline in the population in the world to later extinction because everybody will resort in eating each other. Also we would run into ethical problems, like different people would have different perspectives on how we would choose our own practices and morals as to who and how people will be chosen to be eaten or in charge. Humans cannot survive without the nutrients from the fruits and vegetables, which are grown from the help of insects. The Leavers perspective backs up this point because they are saying every organism in the world serves a purpose and without one the others cannot
Importance of Leadership Leadership is something that stands out in people. In a group, people tend to look for the strongest person to follow. However, the strongest person may not be the best choice to follow. In Lord of the Flies by William Golding, Ralph and Jack each have leadership qualities. Jack is probably the stronger of the two; however, Ralph is a better leader.
Lord of the Flies is a novel written by William Golding in 1954 about a group of young British boys who have been stranded alone together on an island with no adults. During the novel the diverse group of boys struggle to create structure within a society that they constructed by themselves. Golding uses many unique literary devices including characterization, imagery, symbolism and many more. The three main characters, Ralph, Piggy, and Jack are each representative of the three main literary devices, ethos, logos, and pathos. Beyond the characterization the novel stands out because of Golding’s dramatic use of objective symbolism, throughout the novel he uses symbols like the conch, fire, and Piggy’s glasses to represent how power has evolved and to show how civilized or uncivilized the boys are acting. It is almost inarguable that the entire novel is one big allegory in itself, the way that Golding portrays the development of savagery among the boys is a clear representation of how society was changing during the time the novel was published. Golding is writing during
Arrogant, disparaging, fearless, and merciless, this resembles the characteristics of an evil dictator. He rules not to serve the people, but to serve himself. He is in absolute control; nothing can stop him from being the king. In Lord of the Flies, Jack is mean, irrational, and scornful, and does not care about anyone’s interest. Jack symbolizes absolutism because he expresses divine right, emphasizes war, and removes the basic rights of others.
The subject of death is one that many have trouble talking about, but Virginia Woolf provides her ideas in her narration The Death of the Moth. The moth is used as a metaphor to depict the constant battle between life and death, as well as Woolf’s struggle with chronic depression. Her use of pathos and personification of the moth helps readers develop an emotional connection and twists them to feel a certain way. Her intentional use of often awkward punctuation forces readers to take a step back and think about what they just read. Overall, Woolf uses these techniques to give her opinion on existence in general, and reminds readers that death is a part of life.
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Entomophagy, the practice of eating insects, is an unwelcomed idea in the United States, but insects are widely consumed by people from Africa, Asia and South America. While some cultures enjoy bugs as food and delicacy, others are disgusted by them and only see them as irritants and pests. Joseph Milton, a biologist and journalist, has been working in academia for 10 years and has written for the Financial Times, New Scientist and Nature. Now, he is assistant editor of The Biologist and the Journal of Biological Education. He published an article called “Why not eat insects?
However, many people still refuse to be a vegetarian for different reasons. Some people prefer the taste of meat, and some people believe that they are born to eat meat. Despite that about 2 billion people in the world live basically on the meat diet, around 4 billion people live mainly on a plant-based diet because of food shortage(Pimentel ＆ Pimentel, 2003, pp660S). As everyone knows, the number of population is growing. For example, the total U.S. population doubled in the previous 60 years, and it may double again in the next 70 years (Pimentel ＆ Pimentel, 2003, pp660S). People won’t have enough meat to eat in the future. On the other hand, a well-planned vegetarian diet offers many health benefits. Therefore, people should become vegetarian because it benefits to huma...
As we can now observe, vegetarianism has become something fashionable, and the number of people who reject eating meat is constantly increasing. In Britain, for instance, over 5 million people have done it so far. It is obviously connected with the recent animal diseases, but this tendency is likely to spread on the other regions of the world. However, it is not only a fashion or fear of illnesses. I myself became a vegetarian about 2 years ago, and I can see a number of reasons why people should stop eating meat. They are mainly of ethic, economic and health type. Those who think in an ecological way should also be aware of how this meat consumption ruins our environment. I don’t have an intention to force anybody to become a vegetarian, but I hope that my argumentation would be strong enough to make some people think about it, at least. In this essay I will try to present this point of view, expressing my personal feelings and showing scientific facts about the problem.