Fast Food Nation
Dialectical Journal – Fast Food Nation
1. “Hundreds of millions of people buy fast food every day without giving it much thought, unaware of the subtle and not so subtle ramifications of their purchases. They rarely consider where this food came from, how it was made, what it is doing to the community around them. They just grab their tray off the counter, find a table, take a seat, unwrap the paper, and dig in” (Schlosser 10). In this passage from the introduction, Eric Schlosser directly states the problem. Meanwhile, he hints at the dire consequences that the consumption of fast food might have by describing how the consumers have no idea where their food comes from or how it was made. He tries to scare readers from eating fast food by using a condescending tone to describe the many victims who eat fast food daily without thinking.
2. “William Rosenberg dropped out of school at the age of fourteen, delivered telegrams for Western Union, drove an ice cream truck, worked as a door-to-door salesman, sold sandwiches and coffee to factory workers in Boston, and then opened a small doughnut shop in 1948, later calling it Dunkin’ Donuts. Glen W. Bell, Jr., was a World War II veteran, a resident of San Bernardino who ate at the new McDonald’s and decided to copy it, using the assembly-line system to make Mexican food and founding a restaurant chain later known as Taco Bell” (Schlosser 22). Using this excerpt early in the book, the author conveys a message that fast food chains were created by all sorts of people looking for success rather than large corporations that relied on focus groups and market research. By mentioning the jobs that fast food chain founders had before making their fast food stores, the author makes it clear just how easily anyone could have made a fast food chain. Schlosser made it seem easy when explaining that even a middle school dropout, William Rosenberg was able to create a successful, long lasting fast food chain.
3. "Today children are
1. “Hundreds of millions of people buy fast food every day without giving it much thought, unaware of the subtle and not so subtle ramifications of their purchases. They rarely consider where this food came from, how it was made, what it is doing to the community around them. They just grab their tray off the counter, find a table, take a seat, unwrap the paper, and dig in” (Schlosser 10). In this passage from the introduction, Eric Schlosser directly states the problem. Meanwhile, he hints at the dire consequences that the consumption of fast food might have by describing how the consumers have no idea where their food comes from or how it was made. He tries to scare readers from eating fast food by using a condescending tone to describe the many victims who eat fast food daily without thinking.
2. “William Rosenberg dropped out of school at the age of fourteen, delivered telegrams for Western Union, drove an ice cream truck, worked as a door-to-door salesman, sold sandwiches and coffee to factory workers in Boston, and then opened a small doughnut shop in 1948, later calling it Dunkin’ Donuts. Glen W. Bell, Jr., was a World War II veteran, a resident of San Bernardino who ate at the new McDonald’s and decided to copy it, using the assembly-line system to make Mexican food and founding a restaurant chain later known as Taco Bell” (Schlosser 22). Using this excerpt early in the book, the author conveys a message that fast food chains were created by all sorts of people looking for success rather than large corporations that relied on focus groups and market research. By mentioning the jobs that fast food chain founders had before making their fast food stores, the author makes it clear just how easily anyone could have made a fast food chain. Schlosser made it seem easy when explaining that even a middle school dropout, William Rosenberg was able to create a successful, long lasting fast food chain.
3. "Today children are