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    Maltreatment of Slaughterhouse Workers In the book Fast Food NationEric Schlosser talks about the working conditions of fast food meat slaughterhouses. In the chapter "The Most Dangerous Job‚" one of the workers‚ who despised his job‚ gave Schlosser an opportunity to walk through a slaughterhouse. As the author was progressed backwards through the slaughterhouse‚ he noticed how all the workers were sitting very close to each other with steel protective vests and knives. The workers were mainly

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    Fast Food Nation Essay ! The food that we eat today is far different from what it was just a century ago. The way we consume our food has changed more in this last 100 years than it has in the whole history of humanity. Food is what fuels your body‚ so in a sense‚ you are what you eat‚ but it goes deeper than that. It is very important to know where your food comes from. Within these last 100 years‚ we have become disconnected from the earth. About 99% of what we eat is grown packaged and sold

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    Fast Food: The Hidden Cost Eric Schlosser begins his book Fast Food Nation by comparing the secrets Cheyenne Mountain hides as a metaphor for the hidden dangers of the fast food industry. From the outside‚ Cheyenne Mountain in Colorado Springs‚ Colorado appears to be a beautiful mountain‚ just another peak in the wild wilderness of the Rocky Mountains. To an observer‚ there is nothing unusual about it. In reality it hides the North American Aerospace Command‚ the Air Force Space Command‚ and the

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    The Wrath of Fast Food Have you ever been to a fast food restaurants? Probably. Almost everyone in the United States has been to one at least once. Sure‚ it tastes great and is fast. Since fast food restaurants have been exploding in the U.S. these days‚ like McDonalds‚ KFC‚ and Burger King‚ more and more people eat there every day. But did you know what it actually does to you? In the non fiction text‚ McJobs‚ by Eric Schlosser‚ the author explains about how fast food has changed the society. He

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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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    Fast Food Nation: Book Review What is a FFN? Fast Food Nation is a non-fiction novel essentially criticizing the fast food industry with its issues of–diet‚ nutrition and food safety‚ the greed of corporations‚ etc.–within the fast food industry that directly affect Americans today. Hence‚ the front cover reads: “The Dark Side of the All-AMerican Meal.” It discusses how the fast food industry brilliantly and strategically adapted to the dynamics of America. Granted‚ altering our landscape agriculturally

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    Jane Quach Quach 1 Ms. Montanez Honors English Per. 5 3 November‚ 2014 Fast Food Nation Theme Why is fast food so addictive? We know it’s bad for us but we can’t stop eating it. Fast food causes obesity which has been linked to many health risks such as heart disease. Why do people love it? It’s cheap‚ easy filling‚ and it’s convenient. The all American meal is hamburger‚ fries‚ and soda or shake. After reading this novel‚ I don’t think I want to eat another hamburger

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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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    According to Fast Food Nation’s author‚ Eric Schlosser‚ Hungry Planet: What the World Eats is a “beautiful and important book about one of the world’ s most important subjects.” This book‚ written by Peter Menzel and Faith D’Aluisio‚ takes on the topic of food. Yet‚ the authors don’t simply talk about different foods around the world‚ they go in depth into the cultural‚ social‚ and economical aspects of eating. They display‚ through the use of pictures‚ a week’s worth of food for numerous different

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    by consumers‚ and the type advertising used is believed to be invading the freedom of America. Some also believe that though fast food is a main cause of obesity‚ fast food is not the only cause of obesity so therefore our American public should not have to deal with a change by regulation of the government. “What has changed is the nation’s way of eating and living”(Schlosser 240). Our public today has control of their own choice when concerning the way they want to eat. If the government were

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