Revise essay 2 and complete essay 3 Literature & Language Essay

Part One: “Don't Blame the Eater” & “Against Meat”: Revised, Synthesis Essay 1. Introduction
To eat or not to eat? This is a question every conscientious eat should ask if and when having a choice to eat responsibly. Today, more and more people are aligning along a “veggie” meal and against eating animals. The growing awareness of healthy eating habits has, moreover, put under sharp scrutiny food choices people make, particularly if fast, or junk, food is an option. Indeed, food is no longer a for-granted matter people just accept and go on. Instead, what people eat – and choose to eat – is what, in fact, sets responsible individuals from irresponsible ones. This combination of food choice and growing awareness about food habits and producers informs many current discussions on so called “good life.” That is, as more and more people question what food is eaten and how meals are prepared, a more general question is in fact underlying such emerging discussing about good life. In 21st century, good life is, or should be, no longer about fancy objects and possessions. Instead, critical appreciation of everything, including food, is – should be – something more educated and (supposedly) more informed citizens pursue in order, initially, to give a pause to matters long accepted for granted and, ultimately, to pursue a good life as virtuously and faithfully as possible. The matter of choice is, for current purposes, central to current synthesis essay. In an attempt to synthesize meanings and shared philosophies, so to speak, in chosen articles, current essay engages assigned articles in a
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critical “conversation.” Two articles are, for current essay purposes, are analyzed and
synthesized: “Don't Blame the Eater” (Zinczenko) and “Against Meat” (Foer). Informed by a
wider discussion on food and life choices, “Don't Blame the Eater” and “Against Meat” are
examined and synthesized. To do so, a succinct presentation of each article's central argument is
provided, a critique (if and when possible) is performed of each article's main argument, and,
finally, a synthesis is developed by engaging each article in a wider conversation (life choices, in
current case). This essay aims, accordingly, to present, critique and synthesize “Don't Blame the
Eater” and “Against Meat” articles in order to engage each into a wider conversation on choices
started in food and extended into life as a whole.
2. “Don't Blame the Eater” and “Against Meat”: Presentation
In “Don't Blame the Eater,” Zinczenko invokes childhood experiences to make a case for more choices, or alternatives, in eating. Growing up poor, Zinczenko had a few choices to eat beyond staple fast/junk food options such as McDonald’s, Taco Bell, Kentucky Fried Chicken or Pizza Hut (Zinczenko 649). Years later, and having a life break as a college graduate and U.S. military serviceperson, Zinczenko has come to understand increasing risk involved in eating fast food. Giving a series of examples on risks fast food poses to eaters particularly children (e.g. much mo...