Blog Post 21

I. Rhetorical Overview of the Article

1. What is the author's exigence? Why does the author feel the article/argument needs to be made?

A: The author feels that this article needs to explain the dangers and hazards of running factory farms and how animals are not treated properly in these environments.

2a. What discourse community is the author speaking toward for the article? WHY do you think that? Provide textual evidence (e.g., specific language, tone, publication venue, etc.,).

A: In this article, Glen is speaking to a special interest group or some type of committee that all have the same views as she does because she frequently uses the word “we” in her article

3. What is the author's thesis/argument/niche for the piece? If possible, quote specifically from the text

Thesis: "In this article, I am concerned with how that construction is accomplished and how it contributes to the ways USAmericans think about nonhuman animals confined on factory farms". 

II. Summary

1. Write a few sentences that summarizes this article in your own words; make sure to cover the main arguments AND conclusions.

In Cathy Glenn's article, "Constructing Consumables and Consent: A Critical Analysis of Factory Farm Industry Discourse", she discusses the hazards of factory farms to animals and environment, along with the discourses that surround these factories. She talks about two different discourse that she is addressing in the article. Overall the article was mainly how factory farming is a negative part of our society today and how things need to be changed in the food industry especially in the way animals are treated in the slaughter houses

2. Take the summary you just wrote and condense it into something “tweetable,” by which I mean a summary that is NO longer than 140 characters. Consider using the same conventions you would if tweeting, meaning abbreviations and informality in language.

Tweet: Factory farming is dangerous not only to animals, but to the environment.

3. What hashtags (#) would you use for this article? Stated otherwise, what key terms would you provide to describe the content of this article?

#stopfactoryfarming #animalrights #sustaintheenvironment 

Burkean Parlor/Intertextuality

1. In what ways does this author and/or the ideas in this article connect with, (dis)agree with, speak to or against –I think you get the gist– previous authors and their ideas that we have encountered in this class?

Glenn's article most similarly connects with Swales' article because of how each article tried to reach out to different discourse communities and the importance that speaking to a proper discourse community is when making an argument.

III: Assigned Exercises

1a. Select ONE question from “Questions for Discussion and Journaling” and answer it.

QDJ1

A: According to Glenn, the main characteristics of a “factory farm discourse” are a group of people that advocate factory farms and the process in which they treat the animals and the environment. They give out false information about how they go about the process of factory farming and leave out details about what it is they do when factory farming.

1b. Select ONE question from “Applying and Exploring Ideas” and answer it.

AE3

The language which turns animals into objects relates to the language which makes women and animals seem the same in some respects basically because animals are seen as objects for food and women are seen as objects toward men as partners for sex, and not people.

IV: Personal Reflection

1. How can you apply the information in this article to your own writing process? First, consider the main ideas that the author addresses, then consider other elements, such as organization, style, etc.

I can use this information when I'm trying to communicate with certain types of discourse communities.

2. What is confusing about the article? What questions do you have after reading the article?

It was somewhat hard to understand do to use of large words, other than that i didn't find it too confusing.