Book Review Fast Food Nation
Fast Food Nation: Book Review
What is a FFN?
Fast Food Nation is a non-fiction novel essentially criticizing the fast food industry with its issues of–diet, nutrition and food safety, the greed of corporations, etc.–within the fast food industry that directly affect Americans today. Hence, the front cover reads: “The Dark Side of the All-AMerican Meal.” It discusses how the fast food industry brilliantly and strategically adapted to the dynamics of America. Granted, altering our landscape agriculturally, socially, politically and economically.
Upon laying eyes on this book on table at the book fair, in an instant, I was attracted to it. Foremost, the cover is easy on the eyes, and arguably, it is the most aesthetically pleasing books out on the market now. Moving on, personally (Schlosser would agree), fast food is really appetizing and and addicting. One purchases a 20 piece McNugget meal at McDonald’s, you want another 20 piece McNugget meal. Once more, fast food is really addicting. Unsurprisingly, Schlosser explores the central …show more content…
Schlosser did a terrific job of not keeping us in the dark. In other words, he gives us the good, bad, and ugly. He reverts back and forth from past to present, executive to employee, uncooked to cooked food. He writes that, “I’ve written this book out of the belief that people should know that les behind the shiny, happy surface of every fast food transaction. They should know what really lurks between those sesame-seed buns. As the old saying goes: You are what you eat ( Schlosser 10).” I think he was successful in is endeavors to educate and inform the reader. Overall, my lasting impression of a Fast Food Nation is that it’s not just your typical, mundane anti-fast food novel, it is unbiased and well-investigated. This book now makes me think twice when I fantasize about eating that flavorful Big-Mac. This book is a must
What is a FFN?
Fast Food Nation is a non-fiction novel essentially criticizing the fast food industry with its issues of–diet, nutrition and food safety, the greed of corporations, etc.–within the fast food industry that directly affect Americans today. Hence, the front cover reads: “The Dark Side of the All-AMerican Meal.” It discusses how the fast food industry brilliantly and strategically adapted to the dynamics of America. Granted, altering our landscape agriculturally, socially, politically and economically.
Upon laying eyes on this book on table at the book fair, in an instant, I was attracted to it. Foremost, the cover is easy on the eyes, and arguably, it is the most aesthetically pleasing books out on the market now. Moving on, personally (Schlosser would agree), fast food is really appetizing and and addicting. One purchases a 20 piece McNugget meal at McDonald’s, you want another 20 piece McNugget meal. Once more, fast food is really addicting. Unsurprisingly, Schlosser explores the central …show more content…
Schlosser did a terrific job of not keeping us in the dark. In other words, he gives us the good, bad, and ugly. He reverts back and forth from past to present, executive to employee, uncooked to cooked food. He writes that, “I’ve written this book out of the belief that people should know that les behind the shiny, happy surface of every fast food transaction. They should know what really lurks between those sesame-seed buns. As the old saying goes: You are what you eat ( Schlosser 10).” I think he was successful in is endeavors to educate and inform the reader. Overall, my lasting impression of a Fast Food Nation is that it’s not just your typical, mundane anti-fast food novel, it is unbiased and well-investigated. This book now makes me think twice when I fantasize about eating that flavorful Big-Mac. This book is a must