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Mr. Lee
Documentary Analysis
grows, becoming vegan looks like the only solution to the problem. Unfortunately, the
entire subject is touchy and often avoided because it is such a huge money maker and is
thus an epic part of our economy. Abolishing agriculture will not only destroy the market,
but will also enrage many people who may lose their jobs, or who have a cultural,
traditional, or religious tie to the products. Because of this, whoever tries to speak up is
usually silenced, as seen with the execution of Dorothy Stang, who was executed after
exposing the truth.
The film makers employ many devices to persuade the viewer, such as appealing
to the emotions. They focused in on animal cruelty and showed a gruesome duck death.
This only applies to a small portion of the wedge, but was employed as a large-scale
argumentation point. The film makers also used ominous music in the background to
subconsciously allow the viewer to connect ranchers as dangerous people. Finally, they
brought up several concessions before presenting a counter argument. They brought up
the fact that most people are against the idea of abolishing ranching because they believe
it is healthier for them to have meat in their diets. However, the documenter discovers
that being vegan is just as healthy and there are alternative meat and egg substitutes.
This documentary was very effective on bringing the issue to me and convincing
me that this is a legitimate problem and that something needs to be done about it. The
statistics about running out of land were especially efficient. The film proved to me the
importance of just one person eating less meat can make an impact and now I believe that
we may not need to abolish livestock agriculture completely, but we need to limit the
amount of meat that we intake and hopefully save some land and other resources affected
by the agriculture business.