Abstract
This paper reviews and critiques the Eric Schlosser book "Fast Food Nation." The paper discusses Schlosser's contention that what a nation eats reveals its social, economic and technological values. The paper also lauds Schlosser's success in demonstrating that the business practices of fast food companies are neither communal nor wholesome.

From the Paper
"Eric Schlosser announces early on that his book Fast Food Nation is about fast food, the values it embodies, and the world it has made. He believes that what a nation eats tells you more about its social, economic and technological values than..."

Tags:Fast, food, nation

Abstract
This paper reviews Eric Scholosser's 2002 book "Fast Food Nation" and its portrayal of the dehumanization of the fast-food industry and losses to the American consumer. The author presents many aspects of the fast food culture.

From the Paper
"We've all heard and most likely dismissed the adage that we are what we eat. Usually if we spend any time at all bothering to think about this, we have some vague idea that it means if we eat unhealthy things than our own health will suffer. While that's certainly ..."

Tags:meatpacking, muckracking, fast, food

Abstract
This paper firstly discusses how Eric Schlosser's "Fast Food Nation" is subjected to a semiotic analysis. Secondly, the general conditions of the corporate state are enumerated with some historical context. The marketing of fast food to children is considered, criticized. In conclusion a solution is mentioned.

From the Paper
"I will begin with some general observations in order to provide a background and context for the semiotic analysis of "Fast Food Nation" by Eric Schlosser. Next, I will discuss some of the major problems for which the fast food industry is ..."

Tags:fast, food, television, advertising, corporate, America

Abstract
The writer explores Eric Schlosser's book "Fast Food Nation" by first offering a summary of the work, then providing a discussion and analysis of the work. The writer paints a picture of the corruption, greed, exploitation and lack of concern for health and workers inherent in the fast food industry and concludes that this book couldn't be more compelling because of its true and real nature.

Outline:
Introduction
Summary of the Book
Discussion and Analysis
Conclusion

From the Paper
"The fast food industry has gained enormous amount of press over the years. It has become accessible to millions of peoples in world. A McDonald's ad once displayed, "... 6.5 Billion people served" stating the enormous amount of appeal that it has on society. Many people eat at fast food restaurants for convenience and for budget. In a society where time is as precious as money, being able to get an order within 90 seconds of ordering definitely speaks for itself. The business strategy and marketing schemes behind the fast food industry is even more complicated and sophisticated. The franchising system allows retailers to franchise names and get continuous supplies of finished products. This has led to the creation of global based fast food companies that meet the needs of customers around the world."

Tags:exploitation, meatpacking, food, safety, employees, McDonald's

Abstract
This paper explains that Eric Schlosser, in his book "Fast Food Nation", states that what America enthusiastically and habitually eats explains much of the national psychology of the U.S.; thus, fast foods represent a national "craving" for sameness, predictability and conformity. The author points out that, in Chapter I, Schlosser reports that the "founding fathers" of the American (now very heavily-exported) fast food industry actually used their own originality, creativity, ingenuity, risk-taking capacities and entrepreneurial ways to create, ironically, the bland yet predictable sameness and conformity that has existed from the start within the fast food industry. The paper states that, because the book was easy to read and entertaining, the extensive list of well-written end-notes, thorough bibliography and index was surprising and indicated the far-reaching research upon which the book is based.

Table of Contents
Summary of Chapter I: "The Founding Fathers"
Schlosser: Fast Food is a Metaphor for the Nation
Chapter 10: "Global Realization"
Critique of "Meat and Potatoes" Section

From the Paper
"Also within Chapter 10 "Global Realization" of Eric Schlosser's Fast Food Nation (2001), the author discusses the targeting of children by fast food advertisers, and even of international conferences and marketing organizations like the Gepetto Group that study children's consumption tastes and habits, and marketing trends and techniques that appeal to children in particular. As a result of such efforts, though, childhood obesity, as Schlosser points out, has become an epidemic in America, and in other nations that have embraced the American-created fast food habit."

Tags:conformity, children, founders, research, international

Abstract
This paper explains the premise of Eric Schlosser's book, "Fast Food Nation", which argues that the fast food industry is representative of American culture and that this culture is exported abroad, often to the detriment of the target nations. The paper looks at Schlosser's discussion of the myriad problems in the fast food industry and the ways in which this industry has altered American society and may alter society around the world.

From the Paper
"The icon that represents fast food culture for most people is McDonald's, though the fast food culture developed long before the creation of that restaurant chain and includes many other practitioners. Schlosser considers the impact of such fast-food chains but also considers the primacy of the hamburger in the American diet and some of the dangers it poses. The spread of McDonald's around the world has been decried by many as exporting some of the worst of American culture."

Tags:meat, beef, french, fries, additives, processing, social, order, institutions, slaughterhouses, profit

Abstract
This paper offers a brief review of Eric Schlosser's book "Fast Food Nation". The writer highlights the major issues in the book in 10 points. 1)Fast food is taken for granted in the U.S. 2)Americans spend billions of dollars on fast food. 3)French fries are the most common form. 4)Fries are the most fattening product. 5)The flavor industry is just as much to blame. 6)Fast food creates jobs. 7)Other health problems. 8)Worker safety. 9)Tainted food. 10)Impact on agriculture.

From the Paper
"So much has already been said about Fast Food and its negative impact on Americans that you might fail to understand why Eric Schlosser would choose to write a whole book in the subject. Don't we already know enough? After reading the book, however the answers surprisingly turns out to be an emphatic No. Indeed we know very little about the real fast food industry and the way it carries out is operations. True it adds to obesity problem in the country but do we really know the truth about those French fries that have been criticized widely for their fat content."

Tags:mcdonalds, pizza, fat, overweight, health, nutrition, agriculture

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This paper paper focuses on Chapter 7 of Eric Schlosser's "Fast Food Nation" to illustrate how Schlosser attempts to dissuade people from consuming fast food. The paper describes Schlosser's political discussion of sub-standard workers, the way he heightens readers' sense of disgust and his method of utilizing effective imagery, that all contribute to the way he gets his message across. The paper concludes that Chapter 7 of "Fast Food Nation" sets an effective tone for the rest of the book, which completes some of the ideas, and turns imagery used into concrete examples.

From the Paper
"American culture has been shaped by the media and retailing industries. In the hustle and bustle of today's world, convenience has taken priority over what had been a health conscious society just a few decades ago. This lethal combination has combined to assign this country a label of becoming one of the most overweight, sedentary nations known to date. While television has seemingly been a cause for Americans to become the best versed on shows such as "Dancing with the Stars" and "Extreme Makeover," the result of being bombarded with McDonald's, Pizza Hut, and Kentucky Fried Chicken commercials have rounded out the all-American excuse. In the seventh chapter, "Cogs in the Great Machine" Schlosser utilizes all of the human senses in attempt to turn the world into vegetarians. Throughout Fast Food Nation, Eric Schlosser uses a sardonic tone to scold people for their daily fascinations with the hamburger, hot dog, or any other couch potato fantasy."

Tags:imagery, senses, taste, aversion, beef, slaughtering

Abstract
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."

Tags:mcdonalds, americanization

Abstract
This paper examines how, according to the book, "Fast Food Nation", by Eric Schlosser, fast-food chains have caused as much damage as they have added to American culture. It looks at how it raises several of the major problems with fast-food restaurants, including taking advantage of poor and unskilled workers in factories and restaurants, questionable preparation of meat, loss of small private farms/ranges, and increases in obesity.

From the Paper
"It is true that fast-food restaurants have made it easy to get a quick bite to eat. However, there are tradeoffs. Franchises have multiplied so much over the past several decades that is difficult to find any major city without a strip of these establishments along the main drag. As Fast Food Nation states: "The fast food chains feed off the sprawl of Colorado Springs, accelerate it and help set its visual tone. They build large signs to attract motorists and look at cars the way predators view prey." St. Louis exemplifies this problem. Sprawl is rapidly devouring choice farmland and open space. According to the American Farmland Trust, the five counties around St. Louis lost over 170,000 acres between 1981 and 1996, which comprised nearly one-third of developed farmland lost statewide during that period."

Tags:restaurants, franchises, american, culture