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    Behind the Counter. In his book "Fast Food Nation"‚ Eric Schlosser shows how the fast food industry has infiltrated every corner of American Society. He tells of the disturbing reality that is American life today; almost every aspect of American life has been franchised or chained. Beginning in California and spreading throughout the entire country‚ Schlosser gives the history of the fast food industry and the evils and changes that developed with it. In Chapter three‚ Schlosser begins by describing

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    Around the world‚ restaurant industry has been growing much faster than the population. Fast-food restaurants‚ which the easiest way to overcome long-term and presto working hours with short-term lunctimes‚ lead. However‚ in addition to opportunity of “easy-eating” for workers‚ we have to think of these restaurants’ own workers. About two-thirds of the fast food workers are under the age of twenty. It’s an informed choice because teenagers accept to work longer with low wages and‚ because of their

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    “Kid Kustomers” Eric Schlosser In his report‚ “Kid Kustomers‚” Eric Schlosser discovers the tactics marketers and manufacturers utilize to target children. Schlosser claims that since the 1980s when working parents spent less and less time with their kids‚ they felt it necessity to spend more money on them. Manufacturers took advantage and began to promote a kid-related appearance. They started by observing children of specific ages to discover their interests and habits‚ receiving much

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    about the different methods kids (as he refers to them) have to obtain what they want. Eric’s point throughout the essay is that it’s horrible to compensate for the needs kid’s have. Eric’s essay is effective because although the essay is very short‚ Eric does an outstanding job explaining the methods kids use to persuade parents‚ an excellent job giving more than one reason why kids are the markets best consumers‚ and informing the reader why this crisis is

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    In Eric Schlosser’s “Fast Food Nation” he talks about the truth behind fast food. We never really wonder‚ when we eat fast food‚ where it came from‚ or what we are really eating‚ or how it came to be sitting in front of us. Well Schlosser uses his undeniable phraseology‚ his overall facts on the history of fast food‚ and his brutal honesty to describe and challenge our fast food nation‚ as we know it. In his book Schlosser argues that the fast food industry utilizes its political influence to avoid

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    : Summary to “Your Trusted Friends” by Eric Schlosser. Eric Schlosser‚ an investigative journalist best known for his book “Fast Food Nation” from where the piece “Your trusted friends” is taken describes few types of marketing strategies implemented by Walt Disney and Mc Donald’s corporations. Throughout the text Schlosser is drawing parallels between Walt Disney’s and Ray A. Kroc’s business practices. What they both had in common‚ as being friends and children of the

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    know what a life was like without fast food restaurants around every corner. Whenever a quick meal is needed‚ a 5 minute stop at the nearest McDonald’s is typically an American’s first thought. While this industry is convenient‚ it has its flaws. Eric Schlosser exposes the flaws of the fast food industry in his book Chew On This. The idea of the hamburger was invented by a local meatball vendor at the Outagamie County fair. Charlie Nagreen sold meatballs at the town’s annual county fair to make a little

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    Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal. Eric Schlosser. New York‚ NY: Houghton Mifflin Company‚ 2001‚ 383 pp. Notes. $13.95. "This book is about fast food‚ the values it embodies‚ and the world it has made‚" writes Eric Schlosser in the introduction of his book‚ Fast Food Nation. His argument against fast food is based on the premise that "the real price never appears on the menu." The "real price‚" according to Schlosser‚ ranges from obliterating small business‚ spreading pathogenic

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    English Composition 1 10 September 2009 Summary Essay Chapter 3-“Behind the Counter” In his unforgettable‚ yet disturbing truths in Fast Food Nation‚ Eric Scholosser explicitly illustrates the damaging effects that the Fast Food industry has on our society. According to Scholosser‚ during a visit to Colorado Springs‚ the fast food joints have forever altered the majestic beauty of the land into a “whole new world” (60). It’s a world where the Fast Food industry is exploiting school-aged workers

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    Fast Food Nation By: Eric Schlosser (Logos) Eric Schlosser clearly is no fan of fast food. Schlosser argues that fast food chains are a major factor in causing obesity and ill health of Americans. To support his arguments against the fast food industry‚ the author‚ Mr. Eric Schlosser‚ spent over two years traveling around the world researching. Schlosser’s main point throughout the book would be that fast food giants have negatively impacted American culture‚ and has contributed to urban sprawl

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