Jonathan Safran Foer Webinar Reaction Assignment

1) On October 28,2014 my class and I watched a persuasive video presented by Jonathan Safran Foer. The title of the video was Jonathan Safran Foer Webenar.

• One specific moment that stood out to me was when Foer stated that "76 million Americans get food poisoning each year." That is a crazy amount of people. This is all because of the foods that we consume. Foer stated that the main source of food poisoning is animal agriculture. Animals are not the same as they were years ago. They are being subjected to more these days which make them primarily not safe to eat.
• Another moment that stood out to me was when Foer said that when doing his research he went to factory farmers who make hot dogs and they said that they would never consume a hot dog themselves. They are the only people who know every ingredient that goes into making hot dogs.
•  "99% of American Agriculture is now factory farming." This really stood out to me because Foer further explains that their isn't live stock running around farms like back in the day. Packaging that says free ranged chicken and non hormone beef is all lies. Foer really did his research and put these companies out on front street. I don't understand how this false advertisement is legal.

2) This presentation can relate to my life because I actually tried being a vegetarian. I didn't have any support though. Which made it harder. I considered becoming a vegetarian because I just all of a sudden stopped liking the taste of meat. It really disgusted me. My mom got mad at me though. She said that I was just being picky and that I was going to make it harder for her to cook because I'm Mexican and our food always has meat. This is true which is why I am not a vegetarian although after learning these facts from Foer I think I might consider it again.

Latin Roots #5

Roots and Derivatives

1. cent(i): hundred
2. cid(e): cut, kill
3. clam, claim: cry out, declare
4. cord, cour: heart

Word List

1. bicentennial: a celebration of a two hundredth anniversary; happening once in a period of two hundred years or lasting two hundred years
2. centenarian: a person who has lived to be one hundred years old
3. centurion: a Roman officer commanding one hundred men; related to the military mind, especially as it favors military solutions for handling social problems
4. clamorous: characterized by continuous loud and complaining voices; noisily complaining: insistent
5. concise: covering much in few words: brief and to the point
6. concordance: a condition of harmony or agreement; an alphabetical index indicating reference passages, as from a writer's works
7. cordial: of the heart; warm and friendly; amiable
8. discordant: harsh or inharmonious; clashing
9. genocide: the systematic experimentation of an ethnic group
10. incisive: keenly penetrating, cutting into
11. proclamation: an official statement or announcement that informs or honors
12. reclaim: to claim again; to restore to former importance or usefulness

Sentences

1. The family had a bicentennial for their great-great-great-great grandfather's death.
2. Their grandfather was a centenarian.
3. After serving in the war the man could not shake his centurion.
4. My grandmother is very clamorous which is embarrassing in public.
5. She gave a concise speech that still managed to make the audience tear up.
6. The concordance in the book helped the students get their work done faster.
7. The love letter that the girl received was written in a cordial manner.
8. She spat the discordant words at her enemy like she was no more than gum on her shoe.
9. We learned about the most famous genocide when reading the book The Boy in the Striped Pajamas.
10. The harsh words spoken were incisive to the other girls self esteem.
11. The young man was nervous to announce the proclamation on live television.
12. The king planned to reclaim his respect in his kingdom.

Latin Roots #4

Roots and Derivatives

1. bon, boun: good
2. capit, capt: head chief, leader
3. carn(i): flesh
4. ced(e), ceed, cess: go, yield, surrender

Word List

1. accession: the attainment of a certain rank or dignity; an increase by means of something added; the act of becoming joined
2. bona fide: in good faith; genuine
3. bonanza: a sudden and unexpected source of money or riches; a windfall
4. bounteous: inclined to be generous; plentiful and abundant
5. capitulation: a surrendering, usually upon prearranged terms or conditions; a final giving up
6. carnage: a great slaughter, as in a battle
7. carnivorous: flesh-eating, as an animal
8. incarnate: literally, in the flesh; in bodily form; personified; flesh-colored
9. intercede: to act on another's behalf; to meditate
10. precedent: a previous act or decision taken as a valid model; a having gone before
11. recapitulation: a brief repetition; a summary, as of what has already been said
12. reincarnation: a thing that is reborn, or comes back into being, although perhaps in a different (bodily) form

Sentences

1. After getting promoted the employees accession was considered higher.
2. Her charity work showed her bona fide personality.
3. Winning the lottery caused a bonanza in the young mans life.
4. The young man now had a bounteous amount of money.
5. The capitulation to her marriage showed upon the young girls face.
6. The carnage of the war was too much to see and bare.
7. The man attacked his dinner of ribs like a carnivorous beast.
8. The stunt double in the movie looked like an incarnate of the actress she was portraying.
9. The understudy for the play had to intercede because the lead got very ill.
10. It was hard to live up to the precedent play, but the actors managed.
11. Shakespeare's plays often need a recapitulation to be understood.
12. My mom enjoys watching a show where young kids claim to be the reincarnation of people who have actually lived before.