Plot

=Plot:= Fast Food Nation starts of with with information about the McDonalds brothers and Carl N. Karcher, it talks about how they pretty much kicked off fast food in America. Thien it talks about the relationship between Ray Kroc and Walt Disney’s and also their rise to fame. It also talks about advertising with children and the tricks they use get them to buy their products. Next, it talks about how Eric Schlosser visited Colorado Springs, Colarado and how he looks at the life and working conditions of an average fast food industry employee. Fast food restaurants have the highest turnover rates, hire the most low wage workers, and pay minimum wage to a bigger portion of its employees than any industry in the United States.

The second part of this book starts off with a discussion about chemical components make the food taste better. Schlosser then talks about the everyday life of a typical rancher. Schlosser is pretty heated about the critiques of the meatpacking industry, which he says is one of the most dangerous jobs in America. Also, the meat that gets produced by slaughterhouses has become even more hazardous because there is an easier chance of E coli spreading with the way cattle are raised, slaughtered, and processed. Plus, it has terrible working conditions. Finally, it talks about how fast food hasjust continued to grow as an American cultural after the Cold War. And since the collapse of the Soviet Communism people have spread the ideas of American goods and services such as fast food. As a result, the world is starting to become as obese as we are.