Supersize Me Analysis

As a child, we all craved McDonald’s. When your mother finally caved and pulled in under the golden arches, you were practically jumping out of your booster seat. You were excited to play on the playground and slide down the spiral slide McNugget in hand. You played with the Kim Possible that came with your happy meal and giggled with kids you didn’t know. Running around and knowing you’re within walking distance allowed mom to finally have five minutes to finally sit down. So, from a young age, you were trained to believe that McDonald’s was a sanctuary after a long, hard day of first grade. But as a child, you never payed attention to the “quality” food you were ingesting, other than the fact that it was delicious. Morgan Spurlock, the star of the documentary Super Size Me, wanted to see if the “quality food” McDonald’s was promoting, was healthy enough to eat every day like your adolescent-self desired. By using irony, pathos, and logos, Morgan Spurlock makes the point that American’s have been brainwashed by fast …show more content…
He shows us statistics that are shocking. They spend billions on advertising to every aspect of our lives. In 2012, $4.6 billion dollars was spent on advertising by fast food companies. McDonald’s spent 2.7 times on advertising than all fruit, water and milk companies combined. Those advertisements are shown constantly on television, games on your ipad, and on the radio. Kids do each of those activities daily. On the way home from school, they listen to radio that will promote the big beefy burrito at taco bell. After they’ve finished their homework, they watch little einsteins and see a commercial for the homestyle chicken sandwich at wendy’s. Before bed they may play a few games on their parent's smartphone with subtle advertisements on the bottom of the screen promoting 99 cents frostys. They cannot escape fast food even if parents decide not to eat there. That's how they influence kids and young