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Fast-Food Nation

A Response to Eric Schlosser

What could be the food which people in the world have eaten at least once? The Answer to this question could be a gfast-foodh; moreover, McDonaldfs. It is easier to find Mc Donaldfs than finding the final destination when you are traveling.
In his essay gGlobal Realization,h Eric Schlosser demonstrates that the fast-food industries have power to control people in the globe like no others. Schlosser examines several impacts that arise from fast-food industries. In the beginning, he indicates that globalization reaches to the forgotten city like Plauen, Germany, with the most recent appearance of McDonaldfs. Secondly, he states that fast-food chains take root in various places throughout the world; moreover, McDonaldfs targets kids to choose their food. Thirdly, Schlosser implies that Las Vegas, the city seems to symbolize the world, as the similar example of the growth of McDonaldfs. He argues that Las Vegas ghas little connection to its surrounding landscape, that it cares little about its own pasth (235). Fourthly, Schlosser insists that the influence of Americanization brings a terrible health problem such as the obesity to everywhere in the globe due to the expansion of fast-food chains. Furthermore, he supports the climate of the public opinion against McDonaldfs being in foreign countries by supporting the court case battle started by London Greenpeace member Morris and Steel. Finally, he shows that under circumstances between gJobs for Germans, Not Foreignersh (251), and a high unemployment rate, McDonaldfs is the most tidy and nice place in Plauen. He remains neutral about people who prefer Americanization. Schlosser concludes that it is certain that McDonaldfs is attaining its goal,hglobal realizationh (229) by conquering many countries in the nations, and he warns us the danger of McDonalization across the globe. Although Schlosserfs points appear to be valid and relevant, his argument ultimately fails...