The Omnivore's Dilemma Rhetorical Analysis

During this chapter of The Omnivore’s Dilemma Pollan talks about fast food. This means that he is speaking to people who regularly eat fast food and those who are wondering what is in their food when they order out. As a part of this he asks biologist Todd Dawson to run fast food items through a spectrometer to see how much corn is in the food. His analyses concluded that “soda (100 percent corn), milk shake (78 percent), salad dressing (65 percent), chicken nuggets (56 percent), cheeseburger (52 percent), and French fries (23 percent)” (p. 117). This is part of Pollan educating his audience of what is in their food when they go through the drive through. Speaking of his audience, his main demographic is to the people that are truly wonder

By doing this he is making his evidence reliable since he uses two different styles of research and stating where he got his evidence. You can analyze the rhetorical appeals of ethos by looking at where the author gets into his evidence and how he states it as well such as, “I asked Todd Dawson, a biologist at Berkeley, to run McDonald’s meal through his mass spectrometer and calculate how much of carbon in it came originally from corn plant.” (p. 116). This will show you what type of author he is and where his intentions are with his writing. As for pathos, he talks about his own experiences with him and his family when it came to fast food. What his relationship with fast food is and his son, who seems to really enjoy fast food and how it effects his relationship with food such as, “My eleven-year-old son, Issac, was more than happy to join me at McDonald’s;” (p. 109). This means that the author is trying to be relatable to the audience. Finally logos, Pollan has brought in a scientists that did research on the fast food. Therefore, bringing in logic and scientific evidence, which brings in unbiased point of