Kayla McEnery
Professor Miller
English Composition 110
11 February 2020
Food has the power of bringing people of all cultures together. There is something special about gathering around the table to enjoy a meal with loved ones. This special moment creates a bond between people that some consider irreplaceable[1] [2] . In the essay The End of Food, written by Lizzie Widdicombe, she follows Rob Rhinehart and his vision of a sloppy liquid meal replacer called, Soylent. Soylent[3] is designed to be a fully sustainable meal replacer. It provides all the vitamins and nutrients needed for human survival. This way there is no need to take a bite of food in order to get nutrients. Rhinhart sees food as a burden, and would rather do more efficient and productive tasks instead of taking a break to eat. But i[4] s the only purpose of eating to refuel or does it serve another purpose? I believe that food and eating have an underlying social factor that some may forget about. Food is an important part of how people socialize, because the act of sitting down to take a break to eat and talk is what people would be missing if they drank Soylent as their meal. [5]
Food is not simply about refueling, it has a social interaction piece that people forget about. Now food has become a way for people to build and maintain relationships[6] . My mother has always enforced the importance of family and family dinners. She says, “it’s a way for us to[7] regroup after a long day”. In many families it’s the norm [8] to get together at night and have dinner together. It has become a cultural practice as it’s a tradition to sit down and enjoy family meals together. The social aspect of food, for example, is talking about your day and having people react and ask questions about it. If people drank Soylent people would**[9] People are not just going to stop eating together because they have more important things to do. They will make time in their schedules to eat with their families because morally it is what creates a healthy household. After years of family dinners it became the norm in my family. Now that I’m in college I now see why my mom stressed the importance of family dinners. Food has the power of making people pause on whatever is going on in their lives and sit down and eat. I see how that can be relaxing for many people but I also see how that can be stressful for some too. [10] If someone has a busy lifestyle where they’re always on the go then I can see how taking a break to eat food may be a sort of burden to them. People that have this lifestyle may be more prone to invest in something like Soylent, then they won’t have to take 45 minutes to an hour to eat food. They can focus on their work because that is what they see is more important.
In today’s society people are always in a rush. People are always trying to find a way to make things easier or more efficient. Eating is one of those things that can get in the way of [11] being more productive, so people are more prone to skip meals or get on the go meals. When people are as busy as they are today they often forget about the meals [12] they eat during that week or even throughout the day because food is not a significant part of their day. It is seen as a chore instead of something that can be enjoyed. This is a major problem in today’s world and can contribute to more people investing in meal replacers such as Soylent. [13]
you could talk about the bond you have as a transition sentence
I really like this as an opening to your paper. Maybe just add a transition sentence where you present how different Rhinehart’s idea of Soylent is compared to the beginning of your paper.
Thesis: need to sit down and take a break
he sees food as a burden, take the time to sit down people, talking abut your day,
you don’t need “but” here, you can just start your sentence with is
good thesis make sure to make your body paragraphs explain your thesis
Body #1 rhineharts view on food how he feels about soylent and why he like it
if this is from your favorite meal essay add that in here!
you could talk about what rhineharts norm might be
don’t forget to finish this sentence!
talking about how taking the time to eat can be stressful could be a new paragraph
you could combine the info above about being too busy and stressed to eat with this paragraph
you could add the quote from The End of Food where rhinehart talks about meals being forgotten
you could talk about what the world might be like if everyone drank Soylent
