Fast Food Nation

For example, Schlosser states, “Congress should ban advertising that preys upon children, it should stop subsidizing dead-end jobs, it should pass tougher food safety laws, it should protect American workers from serious harm, it should fight against dangerous concentrations of economic power.” He also says that the people need to stand up to these corporates because there are many more of us than there are of them. The easiest way is to just simply stop buying their products. He uses these facts and illustrations just to show that there are possible ways to stop these fast food industries from being greedy and to help improve them for the

How do you feel now that you have read this book? What are your reactions and overall evaluation of the book? As a fast food lover, Fast Food Nation my perspective toward fast food had changed completely. After reading some ways about how a fast restaurant's owner provide their ingredients and supplies, it had open my eye because I did not realize how careless they are toward the food and the harm in humans. Although, it was very interesting learning the evaluation of the restaurant founders.

With this analysis alone it is fair to say the Schlosser’s argument is supported by history, employees of McDonalds and meat-processing industries, and others who have done the research as well. Although, "Fast Food Nation” is a sucessful factual and read it is motive driven and in return did receive some backlash from some articles, the fast food industry itself, and the corporate meat market as well. It is described for as an uncalled for portrayal of the industry. Terrie Dort, leader of the National Council of Chain Restaurants, discharged this announcement about Schlosser and his book: "Tragically that Mr. Schlosser's book, 'Fast Food Nation,' arranges the whole fast-food industry in such a negative light. The eatery organizations that contain the business give work to a huge number of specialists the nation over and offer purchasers a wide assortment in menu alternatives and costs.

Fast Food Nation covers two parts of the American fast food; the iconic and cultural domination of American fast food after WWII, and how the food that makes up the meals make it from farms to the dinner table. Author Eric Schlosser starts the book by talking about Ray Kroc, who is the leading force behind the domination of McDonald’s as the USA’s largest fast food restaurant. As an iconic part of the US, McDonald’s is better than any other; their logo, the golden arches, is recognized more globally than the Christian cross. After talking about how McDonald’s has spread all over the world, Schlosser describes the life of working as a fast food employee earning minimum wage. According to Schlosser, fast food joints have a culture like no

Eric Schlosser’s novel Fast Food Nation provides a deep insight into the systematic and unified world of the fast food industry. From the title alone, readers develop a clear sense of the author’s intention for writing this book. Schlosser’s purpose for writing the novel is to raise awareness about the impact and consequences of fast food industries on society. The purpose of the novel is achieved by the author’s use of personal stories, and by relating fast food to various aspects of society.

Fast Food Nation was an instant success after being published in 2001 and became an international bestseller. The book was one of Schlosser’s later works in his career. He quickly became recognized for his muckraking ability when he began his career in journalism in 1995. All of his pieces have been about controversial topics such as marijuana use and nuclear weapons. His investigative journalism is eye opening to the reader and provokes action.

Eric Schlosser is one of the authors who describes the fast food phenomenon in his book Fast Food Nation. According to him, the biggest problem is the fast food industry that is increasing day by day. Fast food has affected not only the restaurants and the market, but also all the sectors of people's life, from the professional life to the personal one. This affirmation is sustained by Schlosser's statement: "Fast food has infiltrated every nook and cranny of American society. " ( Schlosser 3 ) The fast food industry has got into institutions and parts of the world that no one believed would be affected. Moreover, the power of fast food can be seen by taking a look at the American individual, who gives fast food different

The All-American meal takes more out of Americans to make then at first glance. Eric Schlosser’s book Fast Food Nation delves deep into the intricate workings of the fast food industry to expose mistreatment and cruelty towards workers in the business, just as Upton Sinclair had done in the early 1900’s regarding the meat packing industry. Schlosser is able to bring light to the darkness behind the All-American meal through extensive research and personal confrontations of which he has high regards for.

Schlosser, Eric. Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2001. Print. While I was looking at the cover of the book, I noticed that it included the words “All American Meal”, and I wondered what that meant. For me when I hear those word I picture a McDonald’s, or any other fast food restaurant. Why is that? Is it because the United States comes in at 12th for the most obese country, with 35% of the population in overweight (Worldatlas). Or is it because we have made a name for ourselves, by being the country that consumes the most fast food (Economist)? In the first chapter of the book The American Way, Schlosser is disscussing various fast foods we eat such as McDonald 's, Domino 's, and describes how fast food has impacted American lives, such as obesity in all age groups due to the appeals to younger children. He talks about the McDonald brothers and Carl Karcher and how they established McDonald 's and Carl 's Jr.

Fast Food Nation: The Darker Side of the All-American Meal is very interesting and stimulating. The author, Eric Schlosser, makes excellent points in all his chapters, for example in the epilogue he describes how we can make a difference and that is by not buying fast food and by going somewhere else to eat. Also is chapter ten, he explains how the fast food industry is like a circus. However, not every chapter is as critical for people to read as chapter one. Chapter one is the most important chapter because it describes how fast food originated (the founding fathers), the chapter shows how corrupt and back-stabbing the fast food industry has become, and how gullible Americans can be.

Knowing what is in your fast food might make you think twice the next time you devour it. As the rise of the fast food nation in America has increased to an all-time high, so has the weight and waists of Americans all around the country. Not only has the United States grown to love the acquired taste of greasy golden fries and juicy burgers, it has also grown ignorant to the way their food is prepared. In the novel, “Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal”(2002), by Eric Schlosser, he makes compelling points in his position against the fast food industry.

Eric Schlossers book Fast Food Nation is not only an expose of the fast food industry but also shows how the fast food industry has shaped and defined society in America and other nations as the fast food culture spreads globally. He connects the social order of society to the kind of food it eats and the way it eats that food, and relates fast food to other social processes and institutions. His facts are based on years of research and study, and are presented in and easy to follow narrative. Schlosser is so thorough and convincing in his argument, it's impossible to

Overall, the book has more strengths than it does weaknesses. Given the popularity of fast food by Americans and people across the world, this was information that needed to be spread to consumers everywhere. Schlosser does an incredible job of presenting the fast food industry from the grass roots up. But all of the problems that Schlosser identifies essentially bring up more questions than he can possibly answer in his book. The book proposes solutions to the evils of the industry but he doesn't really elaborate on the issues to make them understandable.

Throughout the unit of Fast Food Nation, by Eric Schlosser and watching Fed Up, Food Inc, and Cooked, it has become eivdenthow awful our eating habits are. This unit has also revealed how little we actually know about the food we consume. It was terrible to be shown the terribleness of the fast food industries. Although each of the materials provided showed the truths of the business in their own unique ways, the two most effective to change your diet were Food Inc and Fed Up.

The fast food workers are being exploited and underpaid. They work long hours with very little pay and are treated horribly. As a matter of fact, “the industry’s wages are so low that even those front line employees who work 40 hours per week are often forced to rely on public assistance, and only 13 percent have access