5 Page paper

student will write their own fifth chapter of The Botany of Desire. Planning and Writing your own B.O.D. Chapter 5: The Field Research Component

In order to generate material, Pollan goes out into the world and INTER-ACTS. He inter-acts with the chapter’s PLANT, and he inter-acts with PEOPLE who inter-act with the plant, and he uses these experiences in his writing.

So: What will YOU do out in the world to satisfy the Field Research part of your Chapter Five? WHERE will you go?  WHAT will you write about?

An obvious answer will, for some of us, be a food market. But let’s please try and think BEYOND a food store. Think about where ELSE you could go and who ELSE you could speak with. Be creative and innovative.

ASSIGNMENT: The Field Research Component Discussion Post: What’s Your Plan?

In a discussion post, write at least two paragraphs in which you:

Remind us of which plant you chose

Discuss which human desire the plant exposes

Describe which active experiences you will pursue to get material for the Field Research component of your Fifth Chapter. Remember that you will probably have to attempt MORE THAN ONE activity to generate good MATERIAL.

Also, if you have already gone out and pursued experiences, if you’ve already done this, then please write about that in your post.