The Omnivore's Dilemma/ They Say I Say (Readings)

Reading Chapter 2 of The Omnivore's Dilemma concluded Michael Pollan's information; one of the three principal food chains that sustain us today, known as the industrial system "corn." It provides us information on what we eat, to the fertility of the earth and the energy of the sun. Knowing the types of questions that we can ask about the food we eat, can give us an understanding in where it can be traced back to many food chains that sustain us. It is very complex where our food comes from, because many factors lead from one cause to another. However, GMOs(genetically modified organisms) are being used among corn and "farmers eager to increase their yields adopt the latest innovation, only to find that it's the companies selling the innovations who reap the most from the gain in the farmer's productivity" (Pollan, 36). The reading was interesting to Pollan's conclusion of fossil fuel and how much we are using it to provide more prodigious quantities of food energy. Michael Pollen has definitely changed my view of GMOs and fossil fuel among corn.

They Say I Say has some interesting templates for "introducing." Standard views provide a quick and efficient way to perform one of the most common moves that writers make, "analyzing their strengths and weaknesses" (Graff and Birkenstein, 22). I tried some of the exercises and most of them were fairly easy, but I do have trouble writing good summaries, so I am noticing a weakness from myself. What I like about the "Templates for Introducing," are the summaries and Quotations on pages thirty six and thirty seven. Quoting sentences are easy for me to do and the author(s) did a very well job in explaining how it can provide as evidence for the reader. The art of quoting can be very complex introducing your evidence and that is where the templates for introducing quotations come in place. I find this book to be interesting and how it can be very helpful in writing a paper.