Question

Use the research you gathered in Lesson 1 to write a first draft of an essay about a topic that Eric Schlosser explores in Fast Food Nation.

Answer 1

Answer:

The purpose of Fast Food Nation is to express the author's concern about the impact this industry has on children in the United States. The constant book of an introduction by the author himself, ten chapters divided into two parts: the American way (American meat), meat and potatoes (meat and potatoes) and an epilogue. In the first part, Eric Schlosser traces the growth of fast food chains after World War II and industry for the origin of cultural men such as obesity, classism, the global imperialism of the United States of America and devastation environmental. In the second part he exposes the development of the flavors industry describing how they were detected in the laboratories and, therefore, they are not "natural". In addition to describing in detail the conditions of work of the slaughterhouses of cattle, the lack of security in them and the lack of laws that protect these workers, who are mostly illegal immigrants from Mexico and Guatemala who live in fear of Those deported to their countries. Two important points stand out in the book: the author's concern for what we eat, how that affects the health of consumers and how the meat industry creates lower wages and unfavorable conditions for workers in slaughterhouses. In a subtle but firm way, it shows the harsh reality of illegal workers. Although the fast food industry generates millions of jobs annually, they are of a partial nature and with the highest employee turnover in the entire United States and with the minimum training.