08 May 2012 “Fast Food Nation”: A Critique The essay‚ “Fast Food Nation‚” is effective in persuading audiences to think before you eat. Eric Schlosser‚ a correspondent for the Atlantic Monthly‚ clearly has a point he wants to get across‚ but allows readers to make up their own minds. He provides many facts to back his point and has a willingness to present both sides of the issues. Schlosser is straightforward and clear in his writing. He also tries at times to make facts
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The Truth Behind Fast Food The Fast Food industry‚ in some burger loving eyes‚ has been one of the smartest inventions this world has seen since the car itself. It has been driven by our preservative-filled stomachs for over 50 years now and you can bet that we’re still coming. Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser is a book about charges that are backed up by some great research and some unsettling facts that will make you never want to eat that dollar burger again. The Fast Food Industry is so enormous
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is there‚ easily filling the new open position. Complaints don’t help either‚ as found by Gail Eisnitz‚ also cited in Reprt:Line Speed‚ Injuries Increase for Slaughterhouse Workers‚ “Slaughterhouse workers talk of a production system that moves to fast…despite numerous complaints to management—as
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don’t want to get out of them to eat!” This quote from the book intrigues me; the more I thought about this line from “Fast Food Nation” I realized that it was more and more correct. Ever since the invention of the automobile and the affordability of it us Americans have become lazy. We resort to going through a drive through then getting out or going home and making our own food. 2. “The United States now has more prison inmates than full-time farmers.” This makes me sick; the fact that we have
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Outline I) Introduction: Fast Food Nation is a book in which Eric Schlosser did not hold any detail back. His ideas are very much similar to Hank Cardello who expressed his feelings in his best seller Stuffed and a article labeled Bacon as a Weapon of Mass Destruction. All of these topics touch upon the problem of obesity‚ low wages‚ and unethical issues. II) Topic Sentence 1: Obesity was on of the most talked about issues within all the texts. -Detail/Example- One out of every three American
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There are fast-food restaurant advertisements on almost every street corner‚ trying to grab attention by billboards‚ commercials‚ sign spinning‚ and more. In the book Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser he begins to describe how the first two major individuals invented their now multibillion dollar companies which who were Carl Karcher and the McDonald’s brothers. First with Carl N. Karcher‚ who is the founder of what is now called Carl’s Jr. He was born in 1917 near Upper Sandusky‚ Ohio‚ where he
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The Secret of Tasty Fries In Eric Schlosser’s “Fast Food Nation: Why the Fries Taste Good”‚ Schlosser reveals the secret behind the tasty fries from fast food chains and let readers know how the fries are actually made. To give readers a sense of perspective‚ Schlosser includes history‚ market supply‚ science and production of the fries in his investigative piece. In the beginning of his writing‚ Schlosser writes about the history of the fries. He begins with introducing a prominent potato supplier
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crosses paths with‚ “Fast Food Nation: The True Cost of America’s Diet.” Both works share similar ideas‚ themes‚ and lessons. “Fast Food Nation: The True Cost of America’s Diet” focuses on the average American diet‚ containing processed foods‚ fast foods‚ and more unhealthy products. Pollan‚ rather‚ wants to show the cycle from the farm to the food on the table. One way that the two writings are similar is that they both concern the ever-growing presence of processed/industrialized foods. According to
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Fast Food Nation Front Cover Analysis Don’t judge a book by its cover‚ but In this case we can. By simply looking closely at a pre determined front cover; we can learn a vast amount. Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser uncovers the truth behind fast food and how it came to dominate the world. The front cover graphic shows a crispy box of French fries. The box with its patriotic stripes‚ stars and United States Island suggests that this book is focused on Americas eating habits. The children on
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factor in the success of the fast food industry is artificial flavoring and coloring. The main reason Schlosser includes this description‚ is to provide consumer awareness and reveal the real truths behind the making of fast food. “Natural favor. That ingredient helps to explain not only why the fries taste so good‚ but why most fast food- indeed‚ most of the food Americans eat today- taste the way it does.” (Schlosser‚ 120) Schlosser explains. Just about every food Americans own‚ whether it be
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