didn’t understand why until I got older. Fast food is one of leading causes of obesity and is very prevalent in America. Most people don’t even think twice about what their eating until recently. Eric Schlosser is an investigative journalist who brought to light the horrors of fast food in his book “Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal.” Many Americans love fast food and it has become an everyday staple, but the term “fast food nation” is taking it a little far because society
This expansion has sacrificed the uniqueness and tranquility of previously untouched land and has transformed them into a carbon copy of every other town in America. Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser deals primarily with the changing effects of the fast food industry to American life. He connects this change to the revolutionary changes that have affected Colorado Springs in recent years (7). The case of Colorado Springs is a prime example of the grievance of
In Eric Schlosser’s thought provoking book work, Fast Food Nation, the underlying truths of one of the most lucrative fields of the world unfold. Schlosser ingeniously journeys through the world of fast foods, noting the emergence of the “nation”, presenting background information on the founding of the idea of fast food services, more specifically focusing in on the blueprint set by worldwide franchises, while vividly depicting the production of fast foods, explicitly detailing the inward operation
HIST 173 12 December 2014 Fast Food Nation: Corporate Control Over US Food Industry In Eric Schlosser’s 2001 nonfiction book, Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal, Schlosser shares intimate and disturbing information regarding the truth about the American fast food industry. Fast Food Nation relays the message that America’s fast food chains are corrupt and malevolent corporations whose focus is on making profit more than serving nutritious and quality food to consumers. These corporations
As a high school history teacher at Triton Regional high school, I take great pride in exposing the youth of America to the “darker” side of American history. I do not pursue this task to simply get them depressed about their world. I do this to expose them to reality. If the character Holden Caulfield from J. D. Salinger’s The Cather in the Rye wanted to catch the youth from their fall from innocence, then I want to do the opposite. I want to challenge them with reality. For example, it is