Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser is a collaboration of challenge and history of fast food, thus far. Its introduction quickly hooks the reader with a extensive description of the fortress that is Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station, including some of its activities, personnel, and architecture. The text then jumps strait into its challenging of food's impact on both the workers at the station, and society. In which it addresses poor working conditions, food quality, and a brief idea of its impact on society. The first chapter "The Founding Fathers", discusses how some of the most powerful fast food chains rose to their current majesty, including but not limited to McDonald's, Carl's Jr. and a brief exert on Wendy's. It also made a brief comparison between McDonald's and Disney, which the text expands on in the second chapter, "Your Trusted Friends".
Questions:
1) Do you think fast food chains such as McDonald's, should have extensive government laws to prevent them from producing and selling poor quality, chemical pact "food", or should it continue, and it be "too-bad for who ever is ignorant enough to eat it?
2) How would you describe the current state of fast food powerhouses today?
Thursday, April 16, 2009
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