Fast Food Naton Review
Daksh Goel
AP U.S History
Mr. Pogatchnik
September 5th 2014
Fast Food Nation Review
The author want the readers think about the fast food business. He wants to inform the readers about the things they are eating, and he wants to tell the public about the terrible work conditions that many employees have to go through for one to be able to eat a hamburger. He is exposing the secrets of the fast food nation. Eric Schlosser wants us to think about what we are eating, and how it gets to us. Fast Food Nation is a way for the American public to understand the fast food business started and how it continues to work. “A generation ago, three-quarters of the money used to buy food in the United States was spent to prepare meals at home. Today about half of the money used to buy food is spent at restaurants-mainly at fast food restaurants.”
This quote shows how much fast food we eat, and how it has taken over our lifestyle. It shows how America is evolving and not necessarily in a better way. Fast food is now a very common, so common that 50 million Americans eat at a fast food chain every day, and 72% of Americans eat fast food at least once a weak. That has allowed the fast food business to take in 110 billion dollars every year. This quote also might help us understand where the United States is headed; it leads us to infer that in a couple more generations eating at a fast food chain might become a daily habit.
“Today the U.S. government can demand the nation-wide recall of defective softball bats, sneakers, stuffed animals, and foam-rubber toy cows. But it cannot order a meatpacking company to remove contaminated, potentially lethal ground beef from fast food kitchens and supermarket shelves.”
This is a somewhat disturbing quote because it demonstrates the power that the fast food nation has. They are able to avoid Government involvement because of “sizable donations to Republican members of Congress.” Also because there isn’t much awareness of how commonly
AP U.S History
Mr. Pogatchnik
September 5th 2014
Fast Food Nation Review
The author want the readers think about the fast food business. He wants to inform the readers about the things they are eating, and he wants to tell the public about the terrible work conditions that many employees have to go through for one to be able to eat a hamburger. He is exposing the secrets of the fast food nation. Eric Schlosser wants us to think about what we are eating, and how it gets to us. Fast Food Nation is a way for the American public to understand the fast food business started and how it continues to work. “A generation ago, three-quarters of the money used to buy food in the United States was spent to prepare meals at home. Today about half of the money used to buy food is spent at restaurants-mainly at fast food restaurants.”
This quote shows how much fast food we eat, and how it has taken over our lifestyle. It shows how America is evolving and not necessarily in a better way. Fast food is now a very common, so common that 50 million Americans eat at a fast food chain every day, and 72% of Americans eat fast food at least once a weak. That has allowed the fast food business to take in 110 billion dollars every year. This quote also might help us understand where the United States is headed; it leads us to infer that in a couple more generations eating at a fast food chain might become a daily habit.
“Today the U.S. government can demand the nation-wide recall of defective softball bats, sneakers, stuffed animals, and foam-rubber toy cows. But it cannot order a meatpacking company to remove contaminated, potentially lethal ground beef from fast food kitchens and supermarket shelves.”
This is a somewhat disturbing quote because it demonstrates the power that the fast food nation has. They are able to avoid Government involvement because of “sizable donations to Republican members of Congress.” Also because there isn’t much awareness of how commonly