Summary Of Ethos Pathos Logos

The American people are easily swayed by the abundance and/or cost of products on the market. As a direct result of this truth, America has fallen into pitfalls in the name of cost effectiveness and consumerism. Pollan gives the examples of the Alcoholic republic and the Republic of fat in which he compares and contrast the causes and results of American lifestyles and the affluence among other changes in our culture and history. Mainly, that Americans will never exhaust their greed and gluttony. Pollan uses ethos, pathos, and logos to successfully persuade his audience to see his point of view.
The making of alcohol and today’s fats, all relate back to the farm. In the early 1900’s, farmers produced way too much corn which lead to an enormous outburst of productivity in the economy. Corn turned into whiskey during the early American culture, whereas, in our recent economy corn is used to produce nearly every single product in our grocery stores. Specifically,

One example of Logos is found in paragraph 9: “Three of every five Americans are overweight. One of every five is obese.” Pollan is using a statistic in order to emphasize to his reader the point he is intending to make. Another excellent example of logos would be, “Since the Nixon administration, farmers in the United States have managed to produce 500 additional calories per person every day (up from 3,000, already substantially more than we need); each of us is, heroically managing to put away 200 of those surplus calories at the end of their trip up the food chain.” Most Americans would find this statistic staggering as well as impactful as considering their options in the republic of fat. Another example is when he stated, “Since 1997, an American’s average daily intake of calories has jumped by more than ten percent.” This statistic is showing how the change in calories is increasing our unhealthy eating