Analysis Of Michael Pollan's Essay Green If Not Clean

The world itself is ever changing. Two authors by the names of Pamela Paul and Michael Pollan would agree upon this statement and would add that not only is it changing but it’s direction is one that would cause much harm. Pamela Paul writes an exceptional essay, Green if Not Clean where she discuss that the cleaning supplies that we use to maintain our homes clean can overtime be not only harmful to the environment but to our own health. As for Michael Pollan discuss in more depth in his essay Why Bother that in order for things to change in our lives, we must take action. Both authors use their own ideas that triggers an array of emotions towards their audience. But, Michael Pollan proves to be stronger in enforcing his ideas about the state the planet is in is the outcome of the small everyday things in people’s lives. Unlike Paul, Pollan uses hardcore evidence to be the base of his opinion and has a solution to the problem, and the voices of authority as support. Pamela Paul depends on mothers to understand her struggle. This is clearly seen in the first half of her essay as she opens with the condition her house is in. Even so, Paul goes further to say, “‘She’ll grow up accustomed to dirt and won’t develop …show more content…
Letting the evidence speak for itself, he uses Wendell Berry whom is a farmer and writer to lay out Berry’s analysis of the crisis that is occurred in 1970s. Then the author Pollen connects this to the judgement of the people. With Berry’s information, Pollen concludes, “Specialists ourselves, we can no longer imagine anyone but an expert, or anything but a new technology or law, solving our problems.” (Pollen p.874) The evidence provided here allows to show the dependency of the people and that the world needs to change and by so, we need to do it ourselves. While author Paul, it can be argued that she does not use the judgements of the people heavily on her essay but rather the