Rhetorical Analysis Of Why Mcdonald's Fries Taste So Good

The article “Don't Blame The Eater,” written by David Zinczenko evokes readers the crucial impact that fast food restaurants have in today's nation's youth causing them to be over weight and have type 2ndiabetes. Throughout Zinczenko's argument he makes the reader view the consumer as a victim yet on the other hand, what he is trying to persuade us to believe by using logos,pathos,and ethos in his argument is that the food industry is the one making the nation's youth to increase obesity. The capacity of impressive questions and personal experience, he composed in the text he is able to comprehensively argue against the fast food industry. The author persuades us right away by starting of with a question: “Kids taking on McDonald's this

In the prestigious documentary film, Food Inc., produced by Robert Kenner and founded upon an Eric Schlosser’s book, Fast Food Nation, Mr. Kenner has an intriguing impact on the American consumers of many food products and industries. Throughout the film, viewers and everyday consumers of these various products, visualize what takes place behind the scenes in food factories, contrary to what they may see through forms of advertisement. The documentary generates an image of an “Agrarian America” in a naturalistic way to convey the message of what food production truly consists of. The film uses ethos, pathos, and logos as rhetorical devices to enhance the horrendousness of food production to its audience in multiple ways. Food Inc. provides not only a visual effect on the audience's emotion to portray its message, but uses a variety of commentary scenes from several experts and members within the food industry.

All of the options on the menu may seem appetizing to customers, but the secret behind the fast food makes customers rethink their decisions. French fries may seem to solely be hand cut slices of potatoes fried in vegetable oil in a deep fryer, but that is not all that goes into McDonalds French fries. The company adds “artificial flavors” to the oil, but is not specific on what the flavoring itself is. Schlosser and Wilson discover that McDonalds adds beef juice flavoring from the hamburgers to the batch of fries to add a distinguishing factor to their fries, despite advertising them as “vegetarian friendly”. They also use cruel methods to make their infamous chicken nuggets. McDonalds pays butchering farms to kill their chickens with inhumane tactics. Chickens are hung by their feet in chains and then dunk them into a water-filled charged with electricity. Some chickens are not knocked unconscious from this cruel tactic due to moving too much and feel the pain from the next slaughter step, rotating blades. Every chicken is hung upside down, shocked, sliced into pieces, and then boiled in bloody liquid just so that customers can have chicken nuggets that are not even all chicken. They are made with the random pieces of cut up chicken, a sticky glue-like paste, and more “artificial flavors” of beef flavoring. This addition of beef flavoring to the

The average American citizen has a higher risk of dying from heart disease than from a gunshot, all because of one thing. Fast food swept the nation after its first known creation in 1921, bringing a whole new era of food that would make The United States one of the most unhealthy nations in the world. “Killer Fries” by Greg Slater was created for the American Heart Association to show the effects that fast food has on the heart of an individual. Slater creates a sense of unease by portraying the familiar object to the fast food eaters of America and exaggerates the effects of what it can do to a person with vibrant shining colors and a startling image that appeals to its viewers.

Michael Pollan's In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto is an eye-opening analysis of the American food industry and the fear driven relationship many of us have with food. He talks in depth about all the little scientific studies, misconceptions and confusions that have gathered over the past fifty years. In the end provide us with a piece of advice that should be obvious but somehow is not, "Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants." He follows the history of nutritionism and the industrialization of food, in hopes to answer one question….. how and when "mom" ceded control of our food choices to nutritionists, food marketers and the government.

Unlimited, endless, fast food choices, and yet there are two that stand out above the rest. McDonald’s and Burger King are the two biggest burger fast food chains in the world. So let me ask you this, who has a better menu? Who’s Cheaper? And which one is healthier? This debate will once and for all come to an end, once all of these points have been met throughout my paper. McDonald’s vs. Burger King has been a long running argument. You will finally come to realize that McDonald’s is the better choice for you.

Joey Franklin makes masterful use of rhetoric in his essay “Working at Wendy’s” to construct an entertaining and compelling argument in favor of recognizing that the workers of the service industry are not just undistinguished drones, but rather complicated people, each with their own desires and stories. To this end, the author utilizes the effective rhetorical device of pathos, logos, and ethos. Franklin demonstrates an excellent use of imagery that serves as a conduit for empathy, which is vital for the use of pathos, the emotional appeal. In reference to logos, the appeal to logic, he paints the picture of a hard-working father that needs to provide for his family. This is a clear representation of common logic and ties into ethos, which is the rhetorical appeal to authority and ethics, in the sense that many people can relate to caring about and working to support family. For ethos, he establishes himself as your everyday working man — part of the working class. This shows that he’s clearly apt for speaking of the position he’s in, and allows the audience to relate to him through pathos.

In the cartoon, The "Mchealthy" meal advertisement, the almond and the low-cal mandarin are only decorations for the unhealthy burgers and fries. The waiter with a pair of big glasses, represent, careless employee, and the words said the consumer offer more options "yeah... a big Mac and some fries" implies that he does not really care about the "Mchealty" meal, but only the burgers and fries that can satisfy him. The rhetorical appeals in Figure 2 include logos and ethos. The author argued that, eating healthy food like vegetable and nuts will actually make people healthier, but , not when they are mixed with fast food. This represents pathos because the characteristic of the person who is buying the food is still shown as a fat man, and it is a

Malcolm Gladwell’s podcast on Revisionist History, “McDonald’s Broke My Heart”, is centered around Phil Sokolof’s experience of having a heart attack. Sokolof single handedly decided to attack the issue of unhealthy food head on. Sokolof does this through the help of newspapers and billboards, to promote a healthier lifestyle within the United States. Malcolm Gladwell discusses during the podcast how McDonald’s oil is unhealthy for humans, through the use of pathos. Gladwell effectively spreads this message throughout the duration of his podcast. The podcast informs the listeners how unhealthy McDonald's oil was and how the company needed to make a change in order to provide its customers with a healthy food option.

While I was younger me and my family worked on a farm and eventually as I grew up I worked at Hy-Vee in produce and worked my way up to the assistant manager for produce. I was given a great opportunity to learn about organic foods and about the Green Revolution (research, development, and technology that increased agricultural production worldwide). Today though, most grade school students know about organic foods but almost all of them know about world hunger but do not know the extent of how bad it is. As students go to college, they start to learn more about how bad world hunger is, but some are taught that the Green Revolution is not

Have you ever been in a rush, low on cash, and looking for something to eat so you didn’t really have a choice but to grab a burger with fries at your local fast food place? Have you ever paused or stopped to think about where the burger really came from, or the process that went in to be made? The Food Inc documentary investigates and exposes the American industrial production of meat, grains, and vegetables. Robert Kenner the producer of the film makes allegations in this film and he explores how food industries are deliberately hiding how and where it is our food is coming from. He emphasizes that we should find out where our food comes from and why is it that the food industry does not want us to know. Food Inc. does not only uses compelling images, such as hundreds of baby chickens being raised in spaces where they do not see an inch of sunlight, it also includes the speeches and stories of farmers, families, government officials, and victims of the food industry. The four current problems facing today’s food industry are the reformed usage of the false advertisement within the labeling of products , mistreatment of farmed animals, and the harmful chemical in our meats. The documentary Food Inc uses very persuasive tactics that demonstrates strong elements of pathos, ethos, and logos make an effective appeal, while uncovering the dark side of the food industry.

The modern fast food industry has undeniably transformed and helped define the American way of life, but not all in positive ways. The industry capitalizes on the exploitation of workers, consumers, and the environment, and Eric Schlosser’s book Fast Food Nation addresses these very issues of the fast food industry. Schlosser criticizes these fast food corporations, projecting his argument to all consumers of fast food. Eric Schlosser’s primary goal is to reveal the deplorable business practices utilized by the fast food industry, and he uses the three appeals of ethos, pathos, and logos all as tools to help persuade the reader and strengthen his argument.

A man should never go through an animal for its nutrients, when that animal receive all of its nutrients from plants. One man such, author Wendell Berry, wrote " The Pleasures of Eating," published in 2017, and he argues that every individual should be educated in what happens to their food before it becomes food. Many people are oblivious to what harmful things animals are put through in order to one day become our meal. Berry's intended audience is every single human being who eats meat, and even those who do not. I know this because Berry mentions the importance of individuals understanding where their meat comes from and why they should not let animals be treated this way. Berry assumes that individuals would not like to be treated that way, so why should animals be treated this way. Berry's purpose in this piece is to inform all humans of what inhumane things are done to animals in order to provide as one of our temporary fills. Berry's writing is somewhat credible and valuable because he is currently a farmer and currently a writer, he gives personal viewpoints and few examples, and he provides emotional statements about animal cruelty.

In Don’t Blame the Eater, David Zinczenko composes his opinion on the fast food industry’s absence of nutritional information and more. Zinczenko starts his piece by giving his own life experience. He recalls his childhood trying to find food and that fast food was “the only available options for an American kid to get an affordable meal” (Zinczenko 462). By giving his own life experience, Zinczenko relates to the reader and grabs their attention.

Schlosser employs anecdotes in order to evoke emotion from his readers to achieve his purpose. One anecdote the author includes is the story of Alex Donley, a six year old boy. Alex Donley ate a “tainted hamburger” from Jack-in-the-box that led him to become infected with “E. coli 0157:H7”(Schlosser 200). This disease obliterated his entire body and progressed rapidly. Alex died within five days. The author uses anecdotes such as Alex’s to evoke sympathy and fear from his readers, especially parents with young children. The stories make parents and anyone who buys fast food reconsider what they are putting in their bodies for if a young boy can die from a simple burger, then what’s to prevent others, kids, or even one’s self from becoming the next victim in the vicious industry that is fast food? The use of anecdotes ultimately helps the author unveil the beast that is the fast food industry by pulling on the heartstrings of Americans.