This paper analyzes Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser. There are five topics that will be analyzed throughout the paper: the first is technological changes, the second is immigration and labor, the third is suburbanization, the fourth is diet and health, the fifth is marketing. The new American dream will be discussed. This paper is about how World War Two introduced a new era of national prosperity and redefined the American Dream and the ideal American once again. Technological change is when a process or product is improved to get better. Franchise stores found the key to success by being uniform. Offering similar food that people already know about is a lot more helpful with success, because people are already familiar with it. Eventually
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This can help the company by not giving raises and not paying overtime. This also helps the worker to feel valued, like they mean something, and that they are not taken for granted. The good managers were able to better keep staff; this is because of the good communication and relationship. For example, the manager would work with students. If the students had a lot of school work to do, the manager would try to best work out something with the student. McDonalds fries use to have a lot of cholesterol in fries, which was not good because consuming a lot of cholesterol can cause heart attacks. In 1990, the company made a change; pure vegetable oil started being used. Artificial flavor and natural flavor give the processed food a good taste. According to the author, most people purchase processed food more over the taste than the looks.
Immigration is when a person is moving to a foreign country to live there permanently. Labor means work. Fast food workers are the largest group in the United States to be minimum wage earners. The author states that fast food places are marketed to children and most fast food workers are only teenagers. The fast food industry mostly depends on the young. There was a period when a lot of babies were born; the period was called baby boom period. This was great for the franchise stores, soon those babies would grow up to become kids. The author informs that fast food workers in the nation that are under twenty is about two
This can help the company by not giving raises and not paying overtime. This also helps the worker to feel valued, like they mean something, and that they are not taken for granted. The good managers were able to better keep staff; this is because of the good communication and relationship. For example, the manager would work with students. If the students had a lot of school work to do, the manager would try to best work out something with the student. McDonalds fries use to have a lot of cholesterol in fries, which was not good because consuming a lot of cholesterol can cause heart attacks. In 1990, the company made a change; pure vegetable oil started being used. Artificial flavor and natural flavor give the processed food a good taste. According to the author, most people purchase processed food more over the taste than the looks.
Immigration is when a person is moving to a foreign country to live there permanently. Labor means work. Fast food workers are the largest group in the United States to be minimum wage earners. The author states that fast food places are marketed to children and most fast food workers are only teenagers. The fast food industry mostly depends on the young. There was a period when a lot of babies were born; the period was called baby boom period. This was great for the franchise stores, soon those babies would grow up to become kids. The author informs that fast food workers in the nation that are under twenty is about two