Eric Schlosser

Food Nation, the author, Eric Schlosser, creates an argument against the fast food business, how it affects people’s health or lives, its practices, and specifically exploiting how these businesses, blinded by income, overlook important issues. He details the business from its very beginnings, its evolution, and with an expansive afterword, describes what the business is like years after his book was published. Throughout his detailed descriptions and background, Schlosser uses several kinds of…

In the article, “Your Trusted Friends” Eric Schlosser talk about that how Ray Kroc and Walt Disney were both from Illinois; they were born a year apart, Disney in 1901, Kroc in 1902; they knew each other as young men, serving together in the same World War I ambulance corps; and they both field the Midwest and Settled in southern California, where they played central roles in the creation of new American industries (33). In this quotation, from “Your Trusted Friend” that how Kroc and Walt…

In the 2001 nonfiction book Fast Food Nation, Eric Schlosser unmasks the reality behind fast food industries by pointing out some of the consequences such as the change it has caused to several cities, deathly illnesses, and the gap between the rich and the poor; his purpose is to convince people to make the right decisions on their own (276). In chapter nine, Schlosser illustrates how some of the deadly diseases such as E. coli 0157:H7, foodborne pathogens, microbes, and Salmonella are spread…

Author Neil Padukone is chair on the Social and Urban Policy Interest Council at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. Padukone has worked with the project on National Security Reform which is a group of people who first came together to go against the Soviet Union, but today they compat problems like terrorism and transnational crime. Therefore it is no surprise that Padukone talks about the good things to do with nuclear weapons rather than all the bad things. For instance the article…

McJobs Essay Some people may argue that fast food is bad, because it's unhealthy, but according to, I believe that fast food is a good thing. In the non fiction text, McJobs, by Eric Schlosser, Schlosser talks about how McDonalds, and other fast food restaurants have many pros and cons. He also talks about what cities were like before and after fast food restaurants. Fast food affects our society, in a positive way, because when everyone is rushing about, it can be hard to find a quick…

invented it can be called the smartest person, or best business man, this country has ever seen. The Fast Food Industry is so big that it has affected our health, changed our culture, and distorted our land ever since day one. Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser is a book about lots of charges that are backed up by some great research and lots of facts. He shows how it has changed our country and the people living and working inside. The book is very against anything that has to do with Fast Food…

been walking down an isle at the grocery store and stopped to buy a product, but chose its competing product instead, simple because it had the word “natural” on the label? Well that is the topic Eric Schlosser constructed his article around in Why McDonald’s French Fries Taste So Good. The reason Schlosser chose McDonald’s French fries is because everyone has tasted them and knows how good they do taste. Schlosser’s intention in writing this article was to inform Americans what they are putting…

Eric Schlosser, the author of Fast Food Nation, used techniques of persuasion through ethos, pathos, and logos and they help him become credible when it comes to uncovering the dark sides of the fast food industry. Schlosser’s audience are the people who eat at fast food establishments and who buy their products without knowing what it takes to serve it. By analyzing the book we can see how the author’s use of rhetoric analysis supports his argument. It not only benefited his purpose, but it…

1978 the number of prisoners in the United States has tripled (Schlosser, 1998). “Today, the United States has approximately 1.8 United States has approximately 1.8 million people behind bars: about 100,000 in federal custody, 1.1 million in state custody, and 600,000 in local jails. Prisons hold inmates convicted of federal or state crimes; jails hold people awaiting trial or serving short sentences”…

The book “Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal” is written by Eric Schlosser. Eric Schlosser was born on August 17, 1959 and was born in Manhattan, New York City, New York. His education background consists of Princeton University, Oriel College and University of Oxford. This book grabbed my attention and was able to inform me about the cruel and unknown world of the fast-food industry. This book greatly relates to my own experience, I have seen most of this in…