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    Over the last 50 years, the fast food industry not only sold hamburgers and French fries. It has been a key factor for vast social changes throughout America. It has been responsible for breaking traditional American values and reinstating new social standards that specifically aims to benefit the industry’s growth. These social standards have inevitably changed the way the American youth respond to education and self-responsibility. Eric Schlosser, author of Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American

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    society is the obesity derived from most of the time for the food on the go or “Fast Food.” This food can be prepare very quickly is sold at the restaurants and served to the costumer for takeout or take away. When people eat this food can have many consequences for this actions that can led like heart diseased diabetes, obesity, or heart problems and many more. This food also has become popular all over the world the topic about fast food can be see it and judged in different sides positive and negative

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    “A savage servility slides by on grease” a quote by Robert Lowell begins the introduction to the internationally bestselling book Fast Food Nation. The book depicts a very frightening reality, it shows the horrors of the fast food industry. To begin the book takes us through the lives of the “founding fathers” of the fast food such as Carl Karcher the founder of Carl’s Junior, and Ray A. Kroc the founder of McDonalds. Next the book goes through what terrors happen inside the slaughterhouses (to the

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    Response Paper – Fast Food Nation Eric Schlosser investigated some of our favorite fast food brands in his book Fast Food Nation to expose the horrors happening behind the scenes, at the same time, showing us that any product can become popular if a need for it is created and a well-strategized marketing campaign is in place. Where certain fast food establishments lack in ethics, they compensate with advertising. It’s clear for all to see how advertising has changed in the past 50 years, most notably

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    Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser Essay

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    at first glance. Eric Schlosser’s book Fast Food Nation delves deep into the intricate workings of the fast food industry to expose mistreatment and cruelty towards workers in the business, just as Upton Sinclair had done in the early 1900’s regarding the meat packing industry. Schlosser is able to bring light to the darkness behind the All-American meal through extensive research and personal confrontations of which he has high regards for. Fast Food Nation is a good literary nonfiction book as

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    Eric Schlosser’s purpose was to show readers the effects that the fast food industry has had on the nation. Within Fast Food Nation, Schlosser discusses the history and specific mechanisms of the fast food industry. In addition, his argument shows that fast food corporations are some of the most evil and corrupt businesses in America. Schlosser’s tone changes throughout the book. At first, his tone is optimistic because he talks about American business owners living the American dream. Then, his

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    The fast food empire is one of the largest and highest earning industries in the world. Yet even with the lime light constantly on it, fast food organizations continue to poorly treat workers, serve unhealthy food and find ways to carry out corrupt business. This paper will discuss these hidden secrets and also compare and contrast the differences in the book “Fast Food Nation” and the movie “Fast Food Nation”. The book and movie follow the same ideas but both uniquely describe and display the workings

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    A Nation of Truth, a Nation of Health, a Nation of Morality Eric Schlosser’s Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal is a nonfiction book that seeks to educate the masses on the truth behind the fast-food industry. Schlosser uses a number of rhetorical devices, such as anaphora, to argue that fast-food companies and the government have stronger incentive toward economic gain than they do morality. Anaphora is often used to emphasize certain words or phrases to strengthen the author’s

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    games, apple pie, barebeques on the weekends and most importantly fast food. The fast food industry since it started in the early 1900’s has taken America by storm and forever altered the fundamentals of American society, as seen in Eric Schlosser’s informative novel Fast Food Nation. In his novel Schlosser gave his audience a behind the scenes look on how the fast food industry takes his viewers into the dark side of the fast food industry by exposing the greed of larger companies and its impact

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    baseball and football games, apple pie, barebeques on the weekends and most importantly fast food. The fast food industry since it started in the early 1900’s has taken America by storm and forever altered the fundamentals of American society, as seen in Eric Schlosser’s informative novel Fast Food Nation. In his novel Schlosser gave his audience a behind the scenes look on how the corrupt and twisted ways fast food industry by exposing the greed of larger companies and its impact on society and the

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