Kingsolver is correct about America’s degrading basic survival competencies but comes off as a pretentious wide eyed idealist which leaves the reader reluctant to admit that she is right.
Why?
The argument presented by the text is compelling with examples of children who associated the dirt of growing food with something that is unsanitary or unsafe to consume. She further alludes to what we now call the “Purell Generation”, people so afraid of bacteria and germs they neglect or ignore the fact there are beneficial qualities to some of those elements. Unfortunately, she does herself no favors by taking on an elitist attitude, all the while denying it with some of her commentary. The writing inflects she looks down her nose at the high
Why?
The argument presented by the text is compelling with examples of children who associated the dirt of growing food with something that is unsanitary or unsafe to consume. She further alludes to what we now call the “Purell Generation”, people so afraid of bacteria and germs they neglect or ignore the fact there are beneficial qualities to some of those elements. Unfortunately, she does herself no favors by taking on an elitist attitude, all the while denying it with some of her commentary. The writing inflects she looks down her nose at the high