Week 3-Shepherd

Virtue in TYFA is defined as adapting your values to that of your audience. In the second chapter of Eating Animals by Safran Foer, he points out that many cultures have different values on which animals to eat and so while not completely conforming his values to one specific culture by accepting all cultures he is letting the audience members, depending on what background they might come from, define his values for him. We saw values in the first chapter too when he talked of being a “family man”. The aspects of the family man are one who values his family and community above all else. He demonstrates he values by showing how much he cares about his son because he is doing all this so he can raise his child right. In addition, the first chapter is only about his grandmother and what she brings to the family again showcasing the “family man” qualities.

There are many other rhetorical strategies from TYFA used throughout Eating Animals, the main one being ethos used the entire first chapter to draw you in as well as in the “All Or Nothing Or Something Else” chapter letting you connect with his dog and remember your own as you proceed through the rest of the chapter allowing you to feel more guilty about the horrible treatment of the fish, specifically the seahorses, though the use of pathos. While I am sure many other rhetorical strategies are being employed here, ethos and pathos are the main ones.