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Cinthya Quinonez
Period 2
Fast Food Nations Guided Reading Questions
Chapter 6: On the Range(the ranching industry )
15. How do development pressures and the dictates of the fast food industry affect the cattle business?
The fast food industry has become a growing epidemic that has continued to grow. Because of this increase in the industry the way that meat is made has become more simple than ever. There are humongous machines that cut down all the parts of the meat however the problem is that the cattle as a result are treated brutally. Most of them are killed while still alive and are shocked with an electric rod and killed in an instant. The cattle business has become competitive and the way the cattle are treated has become worst each year.
16. How have the myth of the cowboy and the image of the hard-working rancher become irrelevant in today’s rural culture?
The cowboy back then was seen as a very able and an icon of hard working men. However today the image of a hard working rancher has changed as most of them are taken advantage of. The ones that are actually taking the credit are the fast food corporations who use the ranchers products for their own use.
17. Historically, government has protected businesses against trusts, monopolies, and price fixing. How has government’s role been changed to allow corporate domination in such industries as cattle-raising and meat processing?
The government has made efforts to try and change the way that the fast food industry has done things but has not been very successful. The one in actual power seems to be the fast food corporations as they have the power to choose what actually happens. The government has changed their priorities and have restricted some things against the businesses .
18. How has the fast food industry the traditional chicken farmer into little more than a share-cropper or “serf”?
In the beginning, the chicken farmer were well respected and were essential to the
Period 2
Fast Food Nations Guided Reading Questions
Chapter 6: On the Range(the ranching industry )
15. How do development pressures and the dictates of the fast food industry affect the cattle business?
The fast food industry has become a growing epidemic that has continued to grow. Because of this increase in the industry the way that meat is made has become more simple than ever. There are humongous machines that cut down all the parts of the meat however the problem is that the cattle as a result are treated brutally. Most of them are killed while still alive and are shocked with an electric rod and killed in an instant. The cattle business has become competitive and the way the cattle are treated has become worst each year.
16. How have the myth of the cowboy and the image of the hard-working rancher become irrelevant in today’s rural culture?
The cowboy back then was seen as a very able and an icon of hard working men. However today the image of a hard working rancher has changed as most of them are taken advantage of. The ones that are actually taking the credit are the fast food corporations who use the ranchers products for their own use.
17. Historically, government has protected businesses against trusts, monopolies, and price fixing. How has government’s role been changed to allow corporate domination in such industries as cattle-raising and meat processing?
The government has made efforts to try and change the way that the fast food industry has done things but has not been very successful. The one in actual power seems to be the fast food corporations as they have the power to choose what actually happens. The government has changed their priorities and have restricted some things against the businesses .
18. How has the fast food industry the traditional chicken farmer into little more than a share-cropper or “serf”?
In the beginning, the chicken farmer were well respected and were essential to the