Questions

1. Jonathan Safran Foer writes of the things “[w]e know” (para. 3). Would most people agree that we know the things that he indicates? Would most of his readers? Do you? Why or why not?

   Chapter 12 - 4. The American Table and The Global Table - Questions: Jonathan Safran Foer writes of the things “[w]e know” (para. 3). Would most people agree that we know the things that he indicates? Would most of his readers? Do you? Why or why not?
2. Safran Foer writes: “One of the greatest opportunities to live our values—or betray them—lies in the food we put on our plates” (para. 5). Do you agree? Why or why not? Do you find the extended analogy between civil rights and ethical eating persuasive? Explain.

   Chapter 12 - 4. The American Table and The Global Table - Questions: Safran Foer writes: “One of the greatest opportunities to live our values—or betray them—lies in the food we put on our plates” (para. 5). Do you agree? Why or why not? Do you find the extended analogy between civil rights and ethical eating persuasive? Explain.
3. What is the most surprising fact that you’ve learned through the analogy of the ten people sitting at the global table? How does it affect your attitude toward eating?

   Chapter 12 - 4. The American Table and The Global Table - Questions: What is the most surprising fact that you’ve learned through the analogy of the ten people sitting at the global table? How does it affect your attitude toward eating?
4. The writer, in paragraph 16, suggests that things today are not like before. Why is that? What has changed?

   Chapter 12 - 4. The American Table and The Global Table - Questions: The writer, in paragraph 16, suggests that things today are not like before. Why is that? What has changed?
5. Safran Foer writes, “In part, the factory farm requires us to suppress conscience in favor of craving” (para. 20). What does the author imply with that statement? Do you agree? Explain.

   Chapter 12 - 4. The American Table and The Global Table - Questions: Safran Foer writes, “In part, the factory farm requires us to suppress conscience in favor of craving” (para. 20). What does the author imply with that statement? Do you agree? Explain.
6. Safran Foer says that the factory farm is “radically unsustainable” and that it will end because of its “absurd economics” (para. 22). Do you think that is true? Why or why not?

   Chapter 12 - 4. The American Table and The Global Table - Questions: Safran Foer says that the factory farm is “radically unsustainable” and that it will end because of its “absurd economics” (para. 22). Do you think that is true? Why or why not?