Eric Schlosser wrote the book “Fast Food Nation” to prove that the fast food industry is solely responsible for many problems that affect today’s society. He begins his argument by explaining how the fast food industry came to be and who made it happen. Carl Karcher was the biggest starting pioneer of this new industry. After his marriage in 1939‚ he bought his first hot dog cart and “by the end of 1994‚ [he] owned 4 hot dog carts in Los Angeles.” His next fast food venture was his Drive-In Barbeque
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Fast Food Nation Eric Schlosser is the author who has written about the fast food industry and he presents many of his findings in the book "Fast Food Nation". However‚ his book is not merely an expose of the fast food industry but is even more a consideration of how the fast food industry has shaped and defined American society in America and for other nations as America exports its fast food culture to others. Schlosser describes a great deal of American culture to the fast food mentality
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Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All American Meal By: Eric Schlosser A: Exploring the Text 1. The Fast food industry is worth studying because society as we know it has been raised by the fast‚ fattening food and fast food companies. The way that this food is prepared is even affecting the USA & many other countries as well. 2. Some characteristics of these certain men who got involved with the fast food industry are‚ they have to be willing to take risks‚ know how to please
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*Comparative/Contrast Assessment*: Fast Food Nation **and The Jungle Similar to the many real-life stories told by Schlosser in his written depiction of the fast food industry‚ The Jungleby Upton Sinclair is a notable relation of the same type of horrors. Unlike Schlosser‚ though‚ Sinclair writes his book in a fictional story line‚ in which he included great models of figurative language and imagery that strategically capture the reader in a world full of sympathy and belief. In this manner
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the internet; advertisements are everywhere. Eric Schlosser has a good point when he argues in his essay “Kid Kustomers” that more advertisements are being directed towards children each day. It is not only directed toward children‚ but influencing children to beg their parents for products they do not need or even want. As in‚ the stuff they see on television are not essentials for life. Children want them simply because they “look cool.” Schlosser explains how in the 1980’s parents felt bad for
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Eric Schlosser starts chapter with Matthew Kabong who works for the Little Caesars Pizza in Pueblo‚ Colorado. Eric is one of workers who work for Dave Feamster. Feamster played hockey for Black Hawk before he got an accident during a hockey game. “Feamster was struck from behind by Paul Holmgren‚” (93) so he couldn’t play hockey anymore because “the cracked bone didn’t heal.”(93) Therefore‚ he becomes a franchisee for the Little Caesars Pizza. The author‚ Schlosser‚ is very successful by leading
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Review/Analysis Things Seem Fishy Food‚ Inc. is an eye-opening documentary about food industries in America. This documentary reveals many terrifying‚ yet fascinating facts about what the food people eat is truly made up of. Michael Pollan and Eric Schlosser came together to create this film to show exactly what Americans are putting into their bodies and how it is affecting them. There were many persuasive techniques used in this movie to give it more emotion and effect for the viewers. The techniques
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French Fries and how they are made The core reading is Eric Schlosser’s “Fast Food Nation: Why the Fries Taste Good”. Eric Schlosser was born in Manhattan‚ New York‚ he spent his childhood there and in Los Angeles‚ CA. Schlosser studied American History at Princeton University and earned a graduate degree in British Imperial History from Oxford. Schlosser is known for his bestselling book‚ “Fast Food Nation”. Schlosser helped make his book into a film directed by Richard Linklater. I find this
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have been abused‚ neglected and taken advantage of by their employers. And large quantities of these workers are recent immigrants. In Eric Schlosser’s book Fast Food Nation‚ Schlosser addresses the fact that fast food chains and corporations take advantage of these recent immigrants. Although Schlosser’s statements concerning immigrant worker abuses are valid‚ Schlosser fails to mention the benefits of these jobs for recent immigrants and the benefits these new workers can bring to the restaurants.
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Eric Schlosser’s book Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal explores the effects of the spread of multinational fast food corporations into other countries‚ and the resulting loss of national culture. In his chapter “Global Realization” Eric Schlosser claims that “The global expansion of American fast food is homogenizing cultural identities; like Las Vegas‚ it offers “a brief sense of hope… that most brilliant illusion of all‚ a loss that feels like winning” (Schlosser). Schlosser
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