Rhetorical Analysis Of 'An Animal's Place'

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In Omnivore’s Delusion author Blake Hurst gives his argument to “An Animal’s Place” by Michael Pollen. What makes this argument different however he is arguing what a man in the seat behind him on a plane has to say about it. Hurst is enrage by Michael Pollen’s article. Hurst believes modern day farming is technological and the old way is obsolete. Hurst states “I’m so tired of people who wouldn’t visit a doctor who used a stethoscope instead of a MRI demanding that farmers like me use 1930s technology to raise food” (1). The author feels why should he have to use outdated methods when everyone else is encouraged to use updates one. Blake Hurst also believes changing industrial farming inflated food prices and potential starvation. Hurst

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