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Fast Food Nation I chose this particular book because being the health nut I am, this book stood out to me. It was as if Fast Food Nation was calling my name. I
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Fast Food Nation Fast Food Nation Eric Schlosser is the author who has written about the fast food industry and he presents many of his findings in the book "Fast
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I chose this particular book because being the health nut I am, this book stood out to me. It was as if Fast Food Nation was calling my name. I also chose this book for it has been given so many great reviews. The New York Times said this book had great insight and great factual backing. Fast Food Nation came highly recommended by a friend of mine, Chris Lauger. He told me how the book was dry, but that I should read it for nutrition is something I’m very interested in. Eric Schlosser’s purpose in writing the book is his "belief that people should know what lies behind the shiny, happy surface of every fast food transaction." In other words his purpose is for people to know what they are eating and actually care, care enough to do something about it. This is a great dream, yet most Americans know appallingly little about how that food is made, where, by whom, and at what fee. From his mouth to your ears, "What we eat has changed more in the last forty years than in the last forty thousand," Eric Schlosser writes in Fast Food Nation, and still no one has come to question any of it, until now. I feel Eric Schlosser lead to the conclusion that the task now set in front of us is trying to find a balance between the effectiveness and amorality of the market. In his book Schlosser’s call for governmental, civic, and corporate action is one that is rounded and doesn’t lay the blame at anyone’s door. He simply came to the realization that there is a problem and it needs to be attended to accordingly. After thinking, I feel that this book plays a role in the two topics we have already hit and the other 8 we still have yet to get to. In regards to terrorism, I feel the line connecting the two, is very minuscule. Therefore I have no explanation to attach along with it. On the other hand, Fast Food Nation has everything to do with our current topic of Food Issues. Schlosser mentions the fast-food industry's efforts to market directly to kids. Although parents do...
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