In the infamous prose “Attention Whole Foods Shoppers” Robert Paarlberg, a Harvard international affairs expert divulges on the ongoing warfare with the issue of sustainability. Paarlberg focuses on how the rise in global starvation increases in less developed nations, but it is often ignored by those in developed countries because of their fixation with the green revolution. He asserts many claims as to why Africa and Asia still have high food deprivation rates, which quite contrary to popular belief has nothing to do with overpopulation. This stems from lack of investment into agricultural infrastructure and investments. His criticism of whole foods shoppers seeks to bring awareness to the issue of world hunger and how the quest to eat organically …show more content…
The long sentences he served the purpose of making his piece more informative. The less ambiguity, the more persuasive your essay will be. An example of the author using a long sentence to be informative is presented below. “And Africa? Africa has a relatively equitable and secure distribution of land, making it more like Asia than Latin America and increasing the chances that improvements in farm technology will help the poor, if Africa were to put greater resources into farm technology, irrigation, and rural roads, small farmers would benefit” (614). Long sentences, as seen above tend to be detailed. He successfully proposed that Africa has a grand distribution of land but he didn’t stop there. He continued to expound on that thought by offering the importance of that land in the same sentence. This elongated sentence reduces the possibility of questions arising from his statement about Africa having “relatively equitable “land. The details and descriptiveness of this sentence allowed readers to correctly deduce his main point, which made him more persuasive. As good writer, would, Paarlberg used a combination of short and long sentences to make his piece more effective. Long and short sentences are a part of