Have you ever eaten ice cream from Baskin and Robbins? Well, John Robbins' father and uncle started the famed ice cream business together many years ago. John was set to inherit the whole shebang, but took another path, turning down any money from the venture. In his book, Diet for a New America, he wrote about a pig farmer he met while researching how animals were raised for food in this country. I have never forgotten that chapter. It made quite an impression on me.
I have posted the assignment for you to read the chapter, with an update, on John's website.
In memoir, the writer changes as a result of writing about and revisiting an experience. How did John change? How did he feel about the pig farmer at the beginning of the story? At the end?
Why is telling this story important? What is the take away? What does the reader gain from reading it? What did you gain? Did you change? Explain.
Let's have a discussion.
http://johnrobbins.info/blog/the-pig-farmer/
