"Fast Food Nation"

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This paper discusses the current debate in American society regarding the unhealthy eating habits of the nation. It examines Eric Schlosser's book "Fast Food Nation" in which the development of the fast-food culture is explained.

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"Schlosser's book is also persuasive because of the healthy dose of humor he brings to his subject, despite its serious implications. McDonald's after all, uses cartoons and bright jingles and funny advertising to lure people in. His book offers a trip down memory lane for many readers, learning about different songs used by the company to make the product seem more attractive, and how different products were introduced and became part of American culinary life. However, despite this humor there is always a worthwhile moral at the end of Schlosser's tale. McNuggets may now be ubiquitous, and created to answer the threat posed by Kentucky Fried Chicken-but even learning about the 'war' between fried birds, one is reminded that these innocent looking finger foods are highly processed, bad for the body, and even contain beef by-products in their construction. (139-140) The common call, but what can I do in the face of such corporate callousness, that one often makes when reading journalistic exposes receives a resounding answer in this text."

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