The Jungle And Fast Food Nation Essay

By comparing “The Jungle” and “Fast Food Nation,” it is clear that the government is untruthful to citizens about the occurrences in factories that provide food to individuals. In my opinion, Schlosser was most successful in motivating his audience to take action because from the moment the character entered the slaughterhouse, the audience could sense there was something very wrong and our exact thoughts got confirmed as the character speaks in great detail of what he is seeing such as the cutting of the cattle and the gruesome smell of animal flesh. His goal is to motivate his audience to take action against the food industry since most of what is displayed is either covered up or is not presenting the entire truth. One detail from “Fast Food Nation” was “For a moment, the sight seems …show more content…
It was too dark in these storage places to see well, but a man could run his hand over these piles of meat and sweep off handfuls of the dried dung of rats.” This leads me to believe that the government is not enforcing enough regulations and laws for the sake of the American public and their health. Meats that individuals consume every day of their lives are being bitten, spat on, and touched by rats and people eat them without the acknowledgement of its previous whereabouts. The effects of both these publications exemplified the reality of the meat we consume and the hidden dark truth about our food factories. This makes the audience question the conditions in which the meat we devour is slaughtered and the state of the meat after it’s packed. In conclusion, it seems to be that the truth of our foods is revealed in the most disturbing sense and the American government must find a way to establish an order to keep our food pure and healthy so people wouldn’t suffer different illnesses as a