At the beginning, we talked about the Old Man and the Sea and the author Hemingway.
From the discussion about Hemingway, one side of him as a hunter and the other as a conservationist,and whether those two are contradictory or not. Then the topic developed to the nature problems and social problems such as factory farming. It was amazing how the topic moved on from a person's biography to a big issue like the relationship and rights of human and other living objects.
When it came to the topic of food, I couldn't simply answer the question: 'Should we stop eating porks and beefs?' I got a new information about how the pigs and cows are raised and that the current amount of feeding stuff such as grains and wheats for one cow is enough to feed nine times as much people as one cow can. I was surprised to hear that and wondered why people still didn't refrain from or reduce the frequency to eat meat. One reason we came up with was that this information is not widely noticed by people. I think that even if people know the fact, it is difficult to move into action. People would prefer to receive what is worth for their work, and as for food, meat is often welcomed for its nutritious and tasty point. Therefore, the percentage people would stop eating meat is probably low. Since this is my point of view, I admire the ones who have clear-cut faith not to eat meat.
We also talked about how "green" Hemingway was as a conservationist. My group's answe was YES because he describes the sea in the book as an equal position to the old man, which is human. At least from this book, such as the expression of birdsand fish, we can see that his view towards the nature is equal to human.
Today's class made me consider many new things again.
After the class, I had tutorial with Rab and he showed me the "eco-house"!
I've seen many of those houses on TV and in commercials, but not in a real life!
I'm excited for the visit in the summer:)
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