In the first section of Eating Animals, Jonathan Safran Foer discusses his own cultural and family background as the grandson of a Jewish immigrant who survived harrowing experiences as part of a persecuted group in Nazi-occupied Europe. He uses this con

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Prompt:Read Foer's opening sections (p.1-41) and then stop to consider your own less investigated relationship to food. On a word doc or notebook, free-write (Links to an external site.) or brainstorm about your specific familial, cultural and historical relationship to food (suggested: set a timer for 10 min). Then reflect on you personal relationship to eating and eating animals in particular (set a timer for 10 min.) Drawing from ideas you developed in your free-write or brainstorm, answer the following and number your responses: Initial post:1) What factors contribute to your understanding of eating that relates to your cultural or family history and background. What assumptions does your family carry collectively about food- where it comes from and where or how to get it. What are the 'rules' around food and eating food- spoken and unspoken. 2) What are your personal values around food? What is most important to you when choosing the food you eat: cost, lack of waste, taste, convenience, health, something else? 3) How might the above relate to or inform your feelings about animals and food. What does your culture, family and your own inner voice say about eating animals? Do they align somewhat or is there conflict or tension between these "voices."4) Finally, Include a quote from Foer's pages to reference and relate to your response for this post. Make sure to use a signal phrase and cite the quote in MLA format. (see your textbook's index or google how to write an MLA citation).  Finally, follow up the quote with four lines of explanation or interpretation, explaining what it means in your own words and tying the quote into your discussion.

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