"Fast Food Nation"

Book Review # 56132

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"Fast Food Nation"

A review of the book, "Fast Food Nation," by Eric Schlosser.

1,271 words () | 1 source | MLA | 2003 United States

Paper Summary:

This paper looks at how "Fast Food Nation" is a broad, investigative journalism work that describes, examines, criticizes, and attacks the American fast food industry on several levels. It is also an eye-opener that reveals to the readers the whole new facet of this industry and makes links that no one could have imagined existed. It shows how the fast food industry is a multi-faceted entity that is affecting lives of millions, usually in a very negative way, and how the most rewarding part of reading the book is the amount of new knowledge and insights it provides.

From the Paper:

"Understanding the history of each event or chain of events that led to the development of American fast food industry is a key in order to be able to grasp the whole picture of it. The book starts with describing the very roots of hamburger industry in the U.S. and the "founding fathers" of it. McDonald's Corporation and the Walt Disney Company were the two giant corporations that were developing simultaneously. Both had the same great impact in creating the American nation as it is now: controlled by giant corporations, interested only in making profits and in spreading "Americanization" around the world."