Yi-Chieh Wang
ALS162.661
Reading Journal Entry 1
Reading Journal Entry 1
Fast, convenient, finger licking good - this is the image of American fast food, but behind the scenes of joy and delicacy, what shadows are hidden? When I studied in college, I had a part-time job at Subway for a long time. We all think that subway is health and low card food. Eating it can help you losing weight. But, if you know the environment was dirty in my working place, mice dug into the hole, cockroaches were chaotic string, and vegetables had disinfectant water taste. As well as the boss never mind whether their employees’ hand was cut by a sharp knife or scalded by hot soup. Will you still trust this company? Will you still want to eat?
In “Fast Food Nation,” Schlosser …show more content…
As an expert, she already builds an ethos with her personal experience and credentials. She emphasizes that industrialized agriculture generates massive quantities of fertilizer runoff and animal waste. Compare to Schlosser, Kapuscinski cleverly connects the presidential election theme and bangs the drum of America’s food system to voters. Even thought, she doesn’t say any words about “Fast Food System”, but she compliments an issue that including families, health, economies and well-being that covers food system problem in US to gain her audience attentions. She also uses the imagery and word choice to develop pathos. For example, a tangled web of ill-conceived federal policies explains the problems why fruits and vegetables cost higher than junk foods. It appeals to pathos, because farmers have no choice but to increase planting of the key ingredients of processed foods, corn and soy, in order to get benefit from on-farm
ALS162.661
Reading Journal Entry 1
Reading Journal Entry 1
Fast, convenient, finger licking good - this is the image of American fast food, but behind the scenes of joy and delicacy, what shadows are hidden? When I studied in college, I had a part-time job at Subway for a long time. We all think that subway is health and low card food. Eating it can help you losing weight. But, if you know the environment was dirty in my working place, mice dug into the hole, cockroaches were chaotic string, and vegetables had disinfectant water taste. As well as the boss never mind whether their employees’ hand was cut by a sharp knife or scalded by hot soup. Will you still trust this company? Will you still want to eat?
In “Fast Food Nation,” Schlosser …show more content…
As an expert, she already builds an ethos with her personal experience and credentials. She emphasizes that industrialized agriculture generates massive quantities of fertilizer runoff and animal waste. Compare to Schlosser, Kapuscinski cleverly connects the presidential election theme and bangs the drum of America’s food system to voters. Even thought, she doesn’t say any words about “Fast Food System”, but she compliments an issue that including families, health, economies and well-being that covers food system problem in US to gain her audience attentions. She also uses the imagery and word choice to develop pathos. For example, a tangled web of ill-conceived federal policies explains the problems why fruits and vegetables cost higher than junk foods. It appeals to pathos, because farmers have no choice but to increase planting of the key ingredients of processed foods, corn and soy, in order to get benefit from on-farm