Reading these last few chapters of Omnivore's Dilemma has ben bitter sweet. While I am happy that reading negative views of my favorite foods has finally come to an end, I am a little sad that I am done reading these interesting tales about the food industry.
Chapter 15 of the Omnivore's dilemma, was primarily about Pollan getting the courage to become a forager, and his journey to this goal. The best part of this chapter in my opinion, was Pollan's childhood memories, because they were similar to mine. Besides that however, it was a little boring to read about his misadventures as he began to hunt. He also upset me a bit when he said that one had to "endure" a hunting class to get a hunter's license. While he may have said this specifically for effect, to me it sounded as if he thought this class might be a waste of time, and I didn't appreciate this.
The three remaining chapter in the book 18,19, and 20 basically continued with Pollan's story of hunting, and franly, I don't enjoy reading about someone hunting, no matter how basic the instinct. I did, however, appreciate the insight Pollan provided to how it really is to catch and prepare one's own food. Overall, Pollan ended the Omnivore's Dilemma on a good note, and even though I would not have chosen to read this book, I guess Im kind of happy I did.
Over and Out ;)
I agree with you on not necessarily liking reading about hunting and such, or the negative views on food. How ever I found it helpful if you try to look at Pollan's reading as more of factual observations then necessarily taking it to heart... I know that almost defeats the point of reading the book. But hey! At least we read it and learned some new information:)
ReplyDeleteThanks Emily! I guess that is a better way of looking at things.
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