Reviews for a persuasive essay about chocolate

Reviews For: a persuasive essay about chocolate

Tiefling 2004-08-21 ch 1,	Excellent essay. My only quibble would be that you should provide sources to back up your claims. My favourite chocolate is Green and Black's fairly traded stuff, because I don't have to feel guilty eating it and in my opinion it genuinely tastes better than any other kind that's available. The dark stuff is 70% cocoa (m) and the white has real ground vanilla beans in it. In Australia you can buy it in Oxfam shops. 'and there is a very wide range of products, not only chocolate.' True. You can also get fairly traded tea and coffee.
Kelpylion 2003-11-20 ch 2,	That is interesting. I like that you used chocolate, because it's a perfect example of a small luxury Westerners (or maybe in your case Northerners) take for granted. I theoretically completely agree with you, though of course there is the frightening possibility that corporations would react to loss of profits not by agreeing to regulations and working against slave labor, but by simply offering even less for cocoa, leaving the farmers even worse off. It's like minimum wage-the effect is either very positive or very negative.
happy-fetus 2003-11-03 ch 1,	okay. im buying fair trade chocolates. poor little children. you must read alot to know that. (or im just an ignorant sleepy pig). nice work.
Lady Velvet 2003-07-27 ch 1,	I love this. You really made your case clear. As a chocolate lover myself, I didn't realise that slavery was involved in the gathering of cocoa beans. My favourite part has got be 'You could decide to boycott chocolate altogether but where would that leave you? Hungry.' Too true! I also like the ending, the way it contrasts with the beginning and to our idea of chocolate/cocoa. Peace Velvet
Almost Infamous 2003-06-02 ch 2,	Wow. I did not know any of this. Thank you so much for your essay, which opened my eyes to this terrible crime going on in our world. Do you know if they sell Fair-Trade in America? I've never heard of it before, but would REALLY like to start buying from there and only there. Thank you again.
Kiwii 2003-05-27 ch 1,	How would not buying the chocolate help these poor souls who you were describing? As these people's only source of income, selling cocoa beans cheaply would be better than not selling any at all, because that leaves them with nothing. And just curious, what is your source for this information on slavery? And is "Fair-Trade" a real company? I'm asking this more out of curiosity than for argument's sake. And finally, this was on the whole well-written. I like the parts at the beginning and end, how they are similar but nicely introduce and then finish off the piece.
Loganberry 2003-05-19 ch 1,	I have to raise my hand and admit to eating Cadbury's more than anything else. The problem is that all the Fair-Trade stuff, nice though it undoubtedly is, is a different thing. I don't have a very high tolerance of cocoa, so all the 70%-cocoa stuff is no use to me, though I eat it a little. And - yes - there's the taste. Nothing on earth tastes as good as Dairy Milk. There. Confession over. bows head in disgrace
book-lover freak 2003-05-09 ch 1,	Opps. As a chocolate lover, I now have to eat this while thinking of the dirty way it was made. Detailed and good essay and powerful ending.
jk-89 2003-05-09 ch 1,	This was a very good essay. I myself am guilty of buying non-fair trade chocolate, but I have tasted the fair trade stuff, and it's just as good! You abcked uo your essay with facts and I like the way you describe the pain of the slave child. I promise I'll make an effort to but fair trade choc from now on!

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