Foer's last section Storytelling definitely tied the entire story together. I walked away understanding Foer's overarching point in writing the novel—that we, Americans, should put an end to factory farming. The paragraph that really stood out to me was when he was describing the ten nations around the table and concluded that "no one loves to eat as much as we do, and when we change what we eat, the world changes" (Foer 260). Foer makes a radical solution to this problem that "cruel and destructive food products should be illegal" (Foer 266). Would this really be the only way to stop the cruelty of animals? And if this were to happen, would turkey be the hot merchandise on the black market?

To a certain extent, everyone is aware of the cruelties executed (no pun intended) on the factory farms—"We can't plead ignorance, only indifference" (Foer 252). Next time we eat meat, we may have to think twice and consider the impact we are making on our society and to ourselves. My favorite line of the book—"compassion is a muscle that gets stronger with use, hand the regular exercise of choosing kindness over cruelty would change us" (Foer 258).

I also thought this is a cute but serious video :)