I started writing my othe essay and will finish the other one later. This essay is due the first day of class so I decided to work on this one and get this one done first. I'll finish the other one later.
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Read 1 of the following books and write a 2-3 page paper, typed, double space, no cover page, due the first day of class, answering the following questions:
What is the authors thesis?
How does he prove it?
Is the book any good? Why?
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Mark Kurlansky’s thesis for the book Salt is clearly stated on the interface of the book, “…salt-the only rock we eat-has shaped civilization from the very beginning... about 100 years ago, when modern geology revealed how prevalent it is, and salt was one of the most sought-after commodities, for without it humans and animals couldn’t live.” Salt has shaped civilization and was considered so inestimable that it was often stockpiled by farmers and even today salt is used as currency in some places.
Kurlansky supports this thesis by discussing the importance of fish and many other foods that can be preserved longer when salted. Having the ability to store food for a longer period of time allows for civilizations to grow and develop. Kurlansky discusses how wars were started over the control of salt. Salt was even taxed in many places to make revenue for the economy. As technology sophisticated salt became less than a product to die for because we learned that salt can easily be made and found in abundance in many places. We also have the technology to preserve food longer without the need of salt. It’s a product that people can’t live without, a product essential for life. To better understand how valuable salt was Kurlansky compares it to gasoline, a product today that’s just as valuable as salt was. Kurlansky explores the idea of how valuable salt was by discussing many ancient civilizations and what they used salt for. You’ll read about how the Celts mine salt and how salted cod became a huge marketed product. You’ll learn about how the Egyptians used salt to mummify bodies.
Salt is a book about salt hence the title of the book. It’s important to realize how valuable salt is but Kurlansky rambles on and on about it. He drags it out as much as possible and goes for well over four hundred pages. There are some pictures from different sources that are included in the book along with many recipes that he cites. To be exact there are a total of forty different recipes that well tell you how to make some food that will include the use of salt in some way or another. You have no real use reading about how to make sauerkraut from a recipe that dates back to the 1800s and you’ll get really while reading the book because you’re bombarded with ancient recipes that really serve no real purpose left and right. You’ll feel like your reading an encyclopedia on the subject rather then a book about history. Kurlansky mentions fish even more times than you’ll be greeted by a wall of text telling you how to make some food that you’ll just skip over. The book as a result get’s really boring and dull after about two hundred pages in or so as you’ll read about fish every other page. The book does talk about many ancient civilizations like the Celts or the Vikings and how they used salt and goes on to discuss other areas and time periods and tries to connect them to salt. You can expect to learn some amazing facts and coming away with a wealth of knowledge from reading this book. Kurlansky will even talk about routes of words or phrases like how the word “salary” is derived from some word which literary meant “salt” and how some people even got paid in salt. That’s were the saying came from “earning his salt”. Many interesting facts like that one make the book somewhat enjoyable to read. Kurlansky jumps around from place to place and century to century following no particular order. If the book was a few hundred pages shorter like Cod the book would have been so much better as the book is dragged out so much. The book is rather difficult to read, get’s really boring, and I almost gave it up. The first one hundred pages or so are beautifully constructed but the rest is a pain to read. Kurlansky manage to get the track shoes on his feet and gets the book running but he forgets to put the spikes on and tie them. I found it really hard to finish but I enjoyed reading the first couple of chapters. Kurlansky talks about how many people claim to have a salt free diet when in reality the average American takes in a huge amount of salt every day and not even knowing it. When people think of salt they think of little white crystals that are sprinkled onto french-fries when in reality there are many different types of sodium out there that are in a lot of different foods. Many doctors tell us how bad salt is for the human body. When in reality it can’t live without it. A small amount of salt in your daily diet is healthy but taking in to much can be harmful. One thing is for sure though, you should keep this book out of your diet and don’t consume it. A small amount of this book is healthy for your consumption like the first two hundred pages or so but don’t take too much of it and try reading the whole thing or you’ll find yourself dead in the morning.
Kurlansky supports this thesis by discussing the importance of fish and many other foods that can be preserved longer when salted. Having the ability to store food for a longer period of time allows for civilizations to grow and develop. Kurlansky discusses how wars were started over the control of salt. Salt was even taxed in many places to make revenue for the economy. As technology sophisticated salt became less than a product to die for because we learned that salt can easily be made and found in abundance in many places. We also have the technology to preserve food longer without the need of salt. It’s a product that people can’t live without, a product essential for life. To better understand how valuable salt was Kurlansky compares it to gasoline, a product today that’s just as valuable as salt was. Kurlansky explores the idea of how valuable salt was by discussing many ancient civilizations and what they used salt for. You’ll read about how the Celts mine salt and how salted cod became a huge marketed product. You’ll learn about how the Egyptians used salt to mummify bodies.
Salt is a book about salt hence the title of the book. It’s important to realize how valuable salt is but Kurlansky rambles on and on about it. He drags it out as much as possible and goes for well over four hundred pages. There are some pictures from different sources that are included in the book along with many recipes that he cites. To be exact there are a total of forty different recipes that well tell you how to make some food that will include the use of salt in some way or another. You have no real use reading about how to make sauerkraut from a recipe that dates back to the 1800s and you’ll get really while reading the book because you’re bombarded with ancient recipes that really serve no real purpose left and right. You’ll feel like your reading an encyclopedia on the subject rather then a book about history. Kurlansky mentions fish even more times than you’ll be greeted by a wall of text telling you how to make some food that you’ll just skip over. The book as a result get’s really boring and dull after about two hundred pages in or so as you’ll read about fish every other page. The book does talk about many ancient civilizations like the Celts or the Vikings and how they used salt and goes on to discuss other areas and time periods and tries to connect them to salt. You can expect to learn some amazing facts and coming away with a wealth of knowledge from reading this book. Kurlansky will even talk about routes of words or phrases like how the word “salary” is derived from some word which literary meant “salt” and how some people even got paid in salt. That’s were the saying came from “earning his salt”. Many interesting facts like that one make the book somewhat enjoyable to read. Kurlansky jumps around from place to place and century to century following no particular order. If the book was a few hundred pages shorter like Cod the book would have been so much better as the book is dragged out so much. The book is rather difficult to read, get’s really boring, and I almost gave it up. The first one hundred pages or so are beautifully constructed but the rest is a pain to read. Kurlansky manage to get the track shoes on his feet and gets the book running but he forgets to put the spikes on and tie them. I found it really hard to finish but I enjoyed reading the first couple of chapters. Kurlansky talks about how many people claim to have a salt free diet when in reality the average American takes in a huge amount of salt every day and not even knowing it. When people think of salt they think of little white crystals that are sprinkled onto french-fries when in reality there are many different types of sodium out there that are in a lot of different foods. Many doctors tell us how bad salt is for the human body. When in reality it can’t live without it. A small amount of salt in your daily diet is healthy but taking in to much can be harmful. One thing is for sure though, you should keep this book out of your diet and don’t consume it. A small amount of this book is healthy for your consumption like the first two hundred pages or so but don’t take too much of it and try reading the whole thing or you’ll find yourself dead in the morning.
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The author's thesis for the book Salt is that salt has shaped civilization from the very beginning and that it has been one of the most sought-after commodities throughout history. The thesis is clearly stated in the interface of the book: "...salt-the only rock we eat-has shaped civilization from the very beginning... about 100 years ago, when modern geology revealed how prevalent it is, and salt was one of the most sought-after commodities, for without it humans and animals couldn't live."
To prove this thesis, Kurlansky discusses the importance of salt in preserving food, which allowed civilizations to grow and develop. He also explores how wars were fought over the control of salt, and how it was taxed in many places as a source of revenue. He provides examples of how different ancient civilizations used salt, such as the Celts mining salt and the Egyptians using it for mummification. Kurlansky also compares the value of salt to that of gasoline today.
As for whether the book is any good, the reviewer of this essay mentions that the book is dragged out and boring. It is over four hundred pages long and contains numerous recipes and information that may not be relevant to the overall topic. The reviewer suggests that it would have been better if the book were shorter, like Kurlansky's previous book, Cod. However, the reviewer also acknowledges that there are interesting facts and knowledge to be gained from reading the book, such as the origins of certain words and phrases related to salt. Overall, the reviewer found it difficult to finish reading the book and suggests not consuming too much of it, but acknowledges that the first couple of chapters were enjoyable.