Eric Schlosser's Fast Food Nation

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. His facts are based on years of research and study, and are presented in and easy to follow narrative. Schlosser is so thorough and convincing in his argument, it's impossible to

Fast Food Nation is a good literary nonfiction book as a result of Schlosser using relevant anecdotes that allow the reader to connect with the working conditions associated with fast food, and by providing a new perspective on the topic

In the book Fast Food Nation, Eric 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 young Latina women, who worked swiftly, accurately, while trying not to fall behind. Eric Schlosser explains how working in the slaughterhouses is the most dangerous profession – these poor working conditions and horrible treatment of employees in the plants are beyond

Eric Schlosser used background information and sympathized on Carl Kartcher for specific reasons. Schlosser wanted to show the readers that back in the 40s and 50s that fast food was not nearly what it is today. They were family owned restaurants that spent a lot of time and money on making the best products possible. Carl was able to start his own barbeque restaurant like he wanted and it was a success. The sympathy that Schlosser used was to try and get the reader to agree with him. Sympathy is an effective way to get the reader to agree with you because it deals with emotions and emotions usually sway a reader to one side of the argument or the other.

Fast Food Nation, by Eric Schlosser, is a stark and unrelenting look into the fast food industry that has ingrained itself in not only American culture, but in culture around the world. There is almost no place on earth that the golden arches has not entered. Aside from Antarctica, there is a McDonalds on every continent, and the number of countries that have fast food restaurants is growing on a daily basis. Schlosser describes in detail what happens behind the scenes, before the hamburger and fries come wrapped in environmentally safe paper and are consumed by millions of people daily

1. Eric Schlosser chose the topic of fast food industry because he became quite inspired after reading an article about illegal immigrants in a strawberry field and how they a suffered in the process. The article was based on an investigation that was placed on the fields while they worked. It was also based on the immense impact that this industry had on society. Schlosser wanted to as said in his book “shed light” to the world on how successful hard working industry works. Also the way American industries portray and work in the diligent industry throughout the years . Since the fast food restaurants are known as one of the most active businesses which makes them a perfect example of what he was trying to convey.

Fast food restaurants exude bright colors, distribute meals with toys, and create a sense of happiness, but what truly goes on behind the scenes of this magical industry? In Eric Schlosser’s Fast Food Nation and Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle, the authors use similar rhetorical strategies to reveal the motives and unconventional practices of the food industry. Schlosser conveys his purpose through the utilization of pathos, ethos, anecdotes and imagery as compared to Sinclair who uses historical references and figurative language as well as imagery and pathos.

Many feel that the fast food industry is providing a valuable service by catering to consumer needs; that it is inexpensive and easily accessible. For people who don't have time to prepare meals, for households in which both parents work, there's no question it provides a service. But what is the true cost of this convenience? In the book, Fast Food Nation, Eric Schlosser reveals that the cost is the lives of the people who work in the meat processing plants. Meat packing is now the most dangerous job in the United States.

Schlosser, Eric. Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2001. Print. While I was looking at the cover of the book, I noticed that it included the words “All American Meal”, and I wondered what that meant. For me when I hear those word I picture a McDonald’s, or any other fast food restaurant. Why is that? Is it because the United States comes in at 12th for the most obese country, with 35% of the population in overweight (Worldatlas). Or is it because we have made a name for ourselves, by being the country that consumes the most fast food (Economist)? In the first chapter of the book The American Way, Schlosser is disscussing various fast foods we eat such as McDonald 's, Domino 's, and describes how fast food has impacted American lives, such as obesity in all age groups due to the appeals to younger children. He talks about the McDonald brothers and Carl Karcher and how they established McDonald 's and Carl 's Jr.

As Eric Schlosser once stated in an interview, “Fast food is popular because it’s convenient, it’s cheap, and it tastes good. But the real cost of eating fast food never appears on the menu.” ("Interview with Eric Schlosser", 2017, Q3). Fast food is very popular around the world and has been around for a very long time, but the question that should be asked is, is fast food hurting Americans or helping them? The history of fast food did not start at the same point in time as the history of McDonald’s. In fact, the name and location of the first fast food restaurant are lost to history, but it might have been in Ancient Rome. (“The History of Fast Food in America”, n.d., para.1). McDonald’s was not the first fast food restaurant to open in

In the world today, Ray Kroc has had a profound impact on the world today with his work with McDonalds and the fast food industry. “If you work just for money, you 'll never make it, but if you love what you 're doing and you always put the customer first, success will be yours.” Ray Kroc said which he has defiantly perfected throughout his life. Ray Kroc was born on October 5, 1902 in Oak Park, Illinois. Kroc’s parents were from a small village in Bohemia, which is Czech origin. Kroc’s dad was a midlevel executive with the American District Telegraph, and his mother who was a part-time piano teacher. Kroc has worked ever since he was younger.

To prepare myself for human geography in the upcoming year, I read the book Fast Food Nation (The Dark Side of the All-American Meal) over this summer. This book was written by Eric Schlosser who has received many journalistic honors for his books. This book was published in January of 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Company in New York, NY. This was a medium sized book being that it was only 288 pages in length. I enjoyed this book and enjoyed learning the secrets of fast food establishments.

At the beginning of the introduction Schlosser shares common experience that he and many of the public share such as explaining the whole experience of purchasing fast food. Since it is evident that this a relatable experience us, as the readers, find it easier to trust him. Schlosser than states his long-held interest for fast-food and how social, economic, and technological factors can affect what food people choose involve in their diet. He provides evidence of the many ways in which fast food chains have changed the “hourly wage of the average U.S worker” and how much money is being spent on fast food restaurants rather than fresh ingredients by families. Not only does he describe the impact it has on the nation’s diet, but he also explains how fast food chain’s intense advertising and marketing, for example McDonald’s have managed to influence children all over the world.

‘The Fast Food Nation’ by Eric Schlosser was published in January 17th, 2001. Eric Schlosser is an American journalist and is well known as an author who uses investigative journalism in most of his books. For his book, The Fast Food Nation also he has used the same. What is visible through this book is that extensive research has been done to write it.

At the onset of the book, Eric Schlosser begins with an interesting story about Cheyenne Mountain. The mountain houses a military base in which one thousand and five hundred people work. Their role is to maintain the base as they gather information from spy satellites, blimps, radars, and other gadgets. At first, this may put off the reader as it has no correlation at all to the topic. It could also raise the reader’s curiosity to see how this story relates to fast foods. However Schlosser brings in the connection by introducing the delivery man who drops off pizzas and collects money. Even though people may be working in difficult situations, fast food is an aspect that people cannot distance themselves from.