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Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser, nonfiction270 (Done!)

  • Chapter 1 (1-24)

    In these pages the book had an introduction on unhealthy food providing examples. It also talked about the founding fathers of fast foods like the story of Carl N. Karcher who was a poor farm kid and turned out to run a successful place Carl's Jr.! It also talked about some other people like McDonald brothers.
    1-25; total (25)
  • Chapter 2 (24-48)

    It talks about how McDonald created McDonalds and how Happy Meals became popular for kids. It talks about the friendship between Walt and Ray.It also talks about McStores.
    pages 24-48; total (24)
  • Chapter 2 (49-71)

    Talks abotu TV ads of McDonals compared to Disney Land and about auto industry in Colorado Springs. More fast foods are being created so MsDonals has more competition like Wendys and Burger King.
    49-71; total (22)
  • chapters 3-6 (72-147)

    These chapters talked about how the food gets into the store. It talks about how cows and pigs are treated before being killed, cut up and delivered as food to fast foods. Sometimes small pieces of body parts get into the food too, and that is disgusting. It also talks about the colorful uniforms that workers wear to attract attention. Then more about meat & potato production.
    72-147; total (79)
  • CHapters 7-9 (148-221)

    These chapters talk more about the delivery of products through giant trucks, trains & other dirty machines. No wonder food from fast food lets out many deseases from all over the world. Also working at a fast food place is extremely dangerous. It talks about how many accidents happened and caused people to get their arms cut open while cooking or worse. There have been many deaths too. It talks about how Lee Harding died frm eating a bad taco. Wow!
    148-221; total (73)
  • Chapter 10 + Epilogue

    It talks about the global realization, no one can understand that fast food is not only bad for the weight bu also for the health and environment. Animals get killed, deseases get passed, people die from fast food. Its not something that anyone should eat, and fast food is horrible in so many ways. The epilogue talks about the research and has a conclusion on the overall badness of eating such foods as well as what America should do.
    222-270; total (48)