Eric Schlosser's Fast Food Nation

Eric Schlosser, in his book, Fast Food Nation, advocates for changes in how American food is recently being produced in meatpacking industries. Schlosser’s purpose is to end meatpackers ability to sell and raise their cattle as they wish even if it is less than acceptable. He argues against the corporate corruption using the devices of anecdote, logos, and tone.
Schlosser begins chapter nine of his book by narrating the consequences of the industrialization of beef in america. He appeals to the fear and negative emotions of parents by including an anecdote of Lee Harding’s experience with the virus E.Coli and how it lead to the largest food recall in the nation. He targets parents since fast food companies market specifically to children. Moreover, Harding “felt like he was dying…” due to the severe effects of “mass production of food becoming a vector for the spread of a deadly disease”. Harding’s sly encounter with death is featured in order to have the …show more content…
The author creates an appalling and depressing tone by describing the living conditions of the cattles in the meatpacking industries. Cattles are “packed into feedlots” and “live amid pools of manure”. The United States government is uninterested in ordering companies to remove contaminated foods because of the political power meatpacking firms have. Industries have become far worse than the meat packers mentioned in The Jungle. Schlosser presents his serious attitude in this way in order to inform the public of the outpour of E.Coli and the success of industry’s of keeping their names free of the press when a recall is required. Schlosser wants to influence his readers to place themselves in the shoes of the families who have unexpectedly lost their children due to lack of hygiene in cattle ranches and fast food