Throughout the best selling non-fiction novel‚ Fast Food Nation‚ Eric Schlosser dissects McDonald’s and the food industry that supplies these corporations. He explains how the company came about and the influences it has on us socially and economically. His book was published in 2001‚ and gain critical acclaim for being “excellently researched… peppered with acerbic commentary and telling interviews… Highly recommended - Liberty Journal”. Schlosser himself visited a meat packing facility‚ interviewed
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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 the
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Fast Food Nation is about everything that happens to our fast food. The author‚ Eric Schlosser traveled around the world to find out the dark secrets behind the meals that we are served. He learned so much secrets that these companies would never tell you. They have very unsanitary and dangerous conditions. The employees also work and get very low wages. This book can really open up your eyes to a new world that has been hidden from customers forever. This book tells us about the process of
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Fast Food Nation Essay "A nation ’s diet can be more revealing than its art or literature." (p.3) 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
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into a fast food restaurant - let’s say McDonalds for example – and you order yourself a salad. You made the conscious decision on ordering that salad because you wanted to eat something that was considered healthy instead of the order of large fries that were calling your name. In Eric Schlosser’s book‚ “Fast food nation”‚ and Mark Bittman’s TED Talk: “What’s wrong with what we eat”‚ the issue of overeating is brought up and a question arises. We must eat to survive and we enjoy eating food that
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"Fast Food Nation" by Eric Schlosser One doesn’t need to be a Rhodes scholar to figure out that Eric Schlosser‚ in his book Fast Food Nation‚ has a bone to pick with the way America eats. The name of the book alone‚ carrying with it cultural baggage‚ reveals that he is not a fan of the great American hamburger. If you read the book‚ though‚ you will realize that he’s not half as much against the french fries that often go with that burger‚ although he’s no particular fan of those‚ either. Schlosser
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Fast Food Nation Fast Food Nation‚ by Eric Schlosser is an informative book on how fast food has taken an important place in our country‚ and how our country depends on it to run functionally. Schlosser uses facts and his own opinions‚ along with biographies to better explain fast food. The book describes the way fast food came into our country‚ and how it gradually grew into the nation’s top industry. It also shows how chain stores like McDonald’s target children through their advertisement. The
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Book Report # 1 Fast Food Nation 1. Fast Food Nation‚ by Eric Schlosser. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. There are 270 pages including the epilogue. 2. Fast Food Nation is about unleashing the unsettling truths of the fast food industry. Eric Schlosser wanted to inform the American people about the reality of the fast food industry‚ in hopes to change people’s behaviors and awareness on what probably has had the biggest impact on American society. Our countries landscapes‚ the gap
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“Fast Food Nation” We all see the advertising and marketing for the big fast food chains such as‚ McDonald’s‚ Burger King and Wendy’s everywhere we go‚ it is hard to miss. A hefty majority of Americans continue to eat there a few times a week even though it is well-known this poor excuse for food is extremely unhealthy. It is just so convenient‚ they can be found everywhere‚ they have cheap prices‚ and the food tastes so good. It is a common misconception that these places are still acceptable
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Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser discusses the fast food industry in depth. Many aspects of this industry are analyzed‚ from the inhumane treatment of the cattle in their feedlots to the overworked and underpaid employees at fast food restaurants. Although this book only looks at the American fast food industry‚ it is becoming identical for the rest of the world due to globalization. This book provides a realistic‚ yet depressing‚ view of what our society is coming to. It addresses numerous problems
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