Jonathan Safran Foer's Essay 'Let Them Eat Dog'
Ricardo Olea-Nava
Professor Nagel
ENG 99
6/6/2018
Powerful Ambition
For a long time, ambition has been in humanity’s mind. When ambition captivates peoples’ thoughts, it empowers them to do everything out of their reach, to get what they want. The ambition of wanting power often affects, not only humanity but other species too. In the article, “Let Them Eat Dog,” vegetarian Jonathan Safran Foer believes “food is not rational, but is part of our culture, habit, craving and identity.” In his writing, Foer proves how different countries have their own opinion about what kind of meat they can eat. On the other hand, David P. Barash, a professor of psychology from the University of Washington, believes that everything that exists on earth is natural, …show more content…
Power is the ability to influence people to perform in a specific way. The ambition of having power, has made humans influence other peoples’ lives and nature. For example, writer David Hume presented and criticized the “is-ought problem—the notion that we can derive what ought to be from an example of what is” (Barash 283). People are not satisfied with what is natural, so they want to go furthermore and try to change it, using any sources they have within their reach. We are unstoppable, the more we have the more we want. The need of having power can bring us benefits but also destruction. Some people might not have visible power, but they use their intellectual knowledge to pursue …show more content…
People with good leadership qualities, is willing to change their life style to fit the life style of their followers. Although this may be true, some leaders use their power to oppress the people and rule among them with strong hand. That is how we become divided into two groups: “who gets eaten and who gets to eat” (Barash 286). We could say the eater is the person who is leading certain group and those who are eaten are the ones under his leadership. This happens when the leader wants to take advantage of those in his charge and for the same motive the person must leave that place and seek another refuge. It could be the reason why many people hate to be under the leadership of someone else. Surprisingly, even though we have all the power we can think of; some humans claim to be like
Professor Nagel
ENG 99
6/6/2018
Powerful Ambition
For a long time, ambition has been in humanity’s mind. When ambition captivates peoples’ thoughts, it empowers them to do everything out of their reach, to get what they want. The ambition of wanting power often affects, not only humanity but other species too. In the article, “Let Them Eat Dog,” vegetarian Jonathan Safran Foer believes “food is not rational, but is part of our culture, habit, craving and identity.” In his writing, Foer proves how different countries have their own opinion about what kind of meat they can eat. On the other hand, David P. Barash, a professor of psychology from the University of Washington, believes that everything that exists on earth is natural, …show more content…
Power is the ability to influence people to perform in a specific way. The ambition of having power, has made humans influence other peoples’ lives and nature. For example, writer David Hume presented and criticized the “is-ought problem—the notion that we can derive what ought to be from an example of what is” (Barash 283). People are not satisfied with what is natural, so they want to go furthermore and try to change it, using any sources they have within their reach. We are unstoppable, the more we have the more we want. The need of having power can bring us benefits but also destruction. Some people might not have visible power, but they use their intellectual knowledge to pursue …show more content…
People with good leadership qualities, is willing to change their life style to fit the life style of their followers. Although this may be true, some leaders use their power to oppress the people and rule among them with strong hand. That is how we become divided into two groups: “who gets eaten and who gets to eat” (Barash 286). We could say the eater is the person who is leading certain group and those who are eaten are the ones under his leadership. This happens when the leader wants to take advantage of those in his charge and for the same motive the person must leave that place and seek another refuge. It could be the reason why many people hate to be under the leadership of someone else. Surprisingly, even though we have all the power we can think of; some humans claim to be like