Whole Food Market

            My visit to the Whole Foods Market was very informative.  When I entered the market it appeared that it was designed for and catered to the wealthy community.  It was close to downtown and it wasn’t easy for people who live in east Austin to locate.  I have never been to Whole Foods Market so I didn’t really know what to expect, but I never thought a grocery store would have some of the things I saw. There were escalators, salad bars, and juice bars. I’ve never seen anything like it! Unfortunately I didn’t see one minority in the store shopping, there were one or two minorities working and that was it.  Made me feel out of place, and I really wanted to leave. 

            As I walked around the store I noticed that the prices were slightly higher than they are in a regular grocery store, but I figured because of the area it was in and the quality of the items in the store that the prices would be higher. I finally talked to a man who worked in the meat section and he used ethos to tell me why this store was different from HEB.  He told me that the reason that things in the store were a lot higher were because everything was natural and organic. None of the food in the store had been processed, contained artificial ingredients, or pesticides.  The medicine that they carried was even natural.  I’m sick right now so while I was there I was going to pick up some Theraflu and Nyquil but they told me they didn’t carry it because it wasn’t natural.  At this point my whole opinion of the store has changed.

            I was going to argue that this store was built for the wealthy in near downtown Austin, which would keep most minorities out of the store.  I’m not familiar with this store so I’m not sure where they are located, but I know I haven’t seen one in east Austin.  After I told to the meat man I realized that the store is for the “healthy community” and because of the pricey healthy and natural items that store holds it makes it harder for some people to shop there.  

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In class this past week we talked 3 different types of arguments in the book, “Everything’s an Argument.”  Those arguments were, pathos, ethos, and logos.  All of these arguments have 1 thing in common and that is they each try to persuade or convince someone, but they do it 3 very different ways.  Some try and use emotion and sympathy to get the attention of the public which is pathos, others use their authority and credibility which is ethos, then there is logos and in logos which uses factual evidence to support their claim.  Politician, news reporters, and talk show hosts are examples of those who use these 3 arguments to get their points across. 

When you hear about an argument most of the time you think of a loud uproar between 2 or more people, but in our first day of class we watched a video that showed how comedians use humor to get their argument across.  The comedian used a little bit of ethos and pathos to support his claim about hot pockets and although it wasn’t a serious argument he was still able to get his point across.  Dr. Phil would have taken a more serious approach and I think that has a lot to do with the audience.  I think that Dr. Phil would have used a lot more logos to support his claim.  The comedian talked about how hot pockets are for white trash and people who watch NASCAR.  I think here he used a little bit of ethos because he knows that people in the world do that and he to make it realistic so people would actually believe and understand the comments he was making about hot pockets. Dr. Phil would have maybe talked about obesity and how unhealthy hot pockets can be.  I used Dr. Phil as an example because he is a respected talk show host and if he were talking about how unhealthy hot pockets were his argument would have been different than the comedians but both would figure out a way to convince the audience that what they were saying was true.

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