HW Reading Post "Church"

I think Church does a good job in stating why her audience cares. I would disagree if she left her topic in a broad sense, however, she narrows it down to the topic of the impact biodiversity has on medicine. Church explains that, "If we keep destroying the earth's biodiversity at the current rate, we may lose any opportunities to develop medicines we may need to survive. (Pg 16)" This statement narrows down her topic of the loss of biodiversity to the effect it will have on human medication. This will answer the questions that the audience has. They have a reason to care because the topic she narrows down has a direct correlation to medicine that could effect the audience's health. The audience now has a reason to care and be concerned with what Church is stating in her essay. Another good passage from Church's text is where she specifically talks about losing the tree that helps produce medicine to help fight breast cancer. This may draw on an audience member who has family or friends who has had this very common cancer. Thus they will care what Church has to say because it relates to them.