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Things Seem Fishy: Film Analysis
Jessica Leonard
10/9/14
ENGH101-Cox
Food, Inc. Film Review/Analysis

Things Seem Fishy

Food, Inc. is an eye-opening documentary about food industries in America. This documentary reveals many terrifying, yet fascinating facts about what the food people eat is truly made up of. Michael Pollan and Eric Schlosser came together to create this film to show exactly what Americans are putting into their bodies and how it is affecting them.
There were many persuasive techniques used in this movie to give it more emotion and effect for the viewers. The techniques that were used are ethos, pathos, and logos. Ethos is when the reader can trust the person who is telling the story. One example of ethos that was used was when they interviewed a farmer
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