mercredi 9 décembre 2009

Feeding the World

"We can see a box which is filled with a lot of tomatoes. On the box, we notice a sticker with the expiry date on it : 2037. According to the cartoonist, when these tomatoes will be eaten, they will become "wild" and so dangerous for our health. He makes us understand that we eat genetically modified products while we don't know the consequences." (Alice, Valentine).
"To my mind, the aim of the cartoon is to show us that we have to be careful with G.M.O.s because even if they have longer life, they may have a dangerous impact on the environnment." (Manon, Chloé).

"We can make out some strange animals which are genetically modified. Indeed, there are flying pigs, chickens with six wings, cows with a giraffe neck, round shaped sheeps with antlers, fishes which are walking and also an enormous turkey cock. Scientists have modified all the animals as chimeras" (Manon, Laura, Mathieu).
"The author wants to explain us that it's dangerous to put the nature in jeopardy because today we feed animals with G.M.O.s but we don't know the consequences for our health since we eat them." (Chloé, Manon).

"In this advert, we can see a boy with blood on his cheek. This genetically modified apple has bitten the boy. The "frankenfood" apple poisoned him back." (Olivier, Kelly)
"In this cartoon, there is a boy who laughs and winks. He handles an apple which also laughs. It's a genetically modified apple created by Monsanto, the biggest producer of G.M.O.s." (Samuel, Marine)

"On the drawing, there are two men. The first one looks sad and the second one is angry. There are three vegetables which seem proud of themselves and smarter than the scientists who have taken the genetic engineering too far." (Lesly, Emily)

"We can guess that there is a butcher according to his apron. It's written "Meat indutry" on it. He says that it's an outbreak of "smart cow disease", a play upon word with "mad cow disease." The cows demonstrate for organic food behind a gate. They want that people become vegetarian so they won't eat them." (Albane, Vicky).
"We can see several cows which are on strike. They are asking us to eat less beef and not feed them with genetically modified cereals." (Christopher, Quentin).
"If people eat organic beef, the meat industry will file for bankruptcy." (Mathilde, Emeline).

"The document is a cartoon made of four pictures. In the top left corner, we can see a herd of cows. In the top right corner, we can notice a lot of fishes. In the bottom left corner, there is a chicken flock. In the bottom right corner, we can make out vegetarians." (Julie, Lien)
"They became vegetarians because they were afraid of being ill or as toxic as salmons" (Brenda, Johnny)