He states how the young and under-paid workers are taken advantage of and are put in danger just by going to their jobs. Schossler writes in a very straightforward, factual way that makes his writing very believable. He leads the reader to think one way, then switches up your whole thought process with a cold statistic. The stories used show the change over time of the honest, hard-working fast food workers in the early 1900’s to the greedy, lazy fast food companies of today. Schossler tells the stories of people in the fast food industry to show how it was brought up and what their take on the whole thing is.
The book Fast Food Nations by Eric Schlosser is written to give the viewers an understanding on where their money is heading to when they purchase fast food. The Book is separated into 2 sections, “The American Way” and “Meat and Potatoes.” The book provides a sort of historical background of the fast food industries. It also shows the dark side of the industry. Such as unsafe and unsanitized slaughterhouses with zero respect to the employees. He provides factual evidence to back up this information.
His tone in the piece, the quotes he includes, the facts and statistics that he uses to establish his authority and credibility, and his way of arguing his point without pushing the reader to choose a side, all lead up to his main argument on the banning of junk-food. Saletan expresses himself so well, that I have a hard time disagreeing with him and can understand why he brought this debate into the public view. His ethos are spread throughout the article and established clearly. He believes health advocates are overreacting by comparing milk, French fries, and pizza to soda, jelly beans, and gum. Saletan also believes in individual and personal responsibility.
Fast Food Nation I decided upon reading “Fast Food Nation” by Eric Schlosser for this report. My selection of the book is not an exciting tale of me being particularly passionate about the fast food industry and yearning to know more about it, but instead driven by my slightly odd fascination with details about things people usually do not want to hear about. I had originally wanted to read “The Jungle” since I had heard it contains some gruesomely awesome tidbits, but as I ventured into Borders during their huge sale it appeared the place had been hit my a tornado, or just a lot of people looking to score some cheap books. So after relentlessly searching through the wreck that was Borders, “Fast Food Nation” was the only intriguing thing I could get my hands on, but I am entirely pleased with the outcome. Schlosser delved very deep into the fast food industry, covering an array of topics starting from the industry’s roots and the honesty present, to the more recent state of the business, and finally to solutions which can be implemented to decrease unethical actions.
Americans are unhealthy and the food industry is doing nothing to change that. Food Inc. by Eric Schlosser consulted by Michael Pollan reveals all the dirty secrets the food industry does not want consumers in America to know. The repulsive process by which our food is made and the greedy tactics of food industry executives were hidden from public view and that’s what made the authors decide to write the book (and later make a documentary on the book). Eric Schlosser is an experienced, investigative journalist whose work has appeared in prestigious magazines such as Rolling Stone and The New York Times. Prior to writing Food Inc., he wrote another book about the food industry called Fast Food Nation (which highlighted the unsanitary and discriminatory practices of the fast food industry).
Thus, the earlier people recognize the damage fast food is doing to our society, the easier it will be to reverse its harm. There are endless accusations that fast food and its effect on our society is the sole cause of many problems within the U.S. Fingers are pointing at the large fast food companies, but can they be proven guilty? The answer is no, and this can be proven within many lawsuits against companies such as McDonalds and taco bell. They all end up in the same ruling that its the consumers choice to enter a fast food establishment and consume their products.
Cooper emphasizes that the diets choices presented to children is extremely unhealthy and stresses that if parents continue to ignore the dangerous health-issues, it may affect the child’s well-being for life. Through several documentary techniques such as: anecdotal evidence, expert accounts/interviews and repetition of key words, Cooper follows the three families on their journey back on the nutritional track and continuously highlights that the intake of fast food meals are unhealthy for growing children . However, under closer examination and analysis of the documentary, it can be seen that many factors were silenced - especially the fast food companies - through the art of careful editing, which is proof that documentaries cannot be relied on to provide the whole truth. Cooper uses frightening and somewhat bizarre anecdotal evidence show sympathy and pity towards the parents, and also how vulnerable and careless parents are in their attempts to provide for the child’s needs and wants. There's 19-month-old Michael for example, who contracted meningitis as a baby.
In his article “Don't Blame the Eater” David Zinczenko has pointed out that all the fast food industries are the one responsible for making the children's in America fat and unhealthy. Zinczenko believes that the fast food centers aren't providing any kind of warnings about the effects and extra calories that a fast food can cause, instead they are eager to supply their so called “cheap and tasty fast food”. When he was young he had no choice except for eating at fast food centers as his mother was busy earning money to pay the bills because of which he ended up overweight. According to my view, I believe that it isn't the fast food industries who are to be blamed, it is the parents. Eventhough nowadays all the parents have to work long hours to earn their living but still they shouldn't forget their responsibility towards their children.
The book Fast Food Nation would open the eyes of most Americans to behind the scene of fast food. The type of workers they employ, and how the government is connected to the industry. The workers of the fast-food industry are treated with bad ethics. The fast-food industry likes to hire young, poor, and handicap people. They hire teenagers because they live at home and do not have any expenses, therefore, they work for less money.
For example, the food marketing companies usually uses the attractive poster about fast food to get the attention of the kids. Moreover, the author also used some kind of emotional language such as he said that banning the junk food is “misguided and ineffective”.He also tried to give more some reasons to demonstrate that food marketing is not a serious matter of childhood obesity. He said the young people prefer using the internet more than watching TV. In addition, the average number of ads also decreased from 18 in 1977 to 13 in 2003, but he was not right about it. In the