Critical Book Reivew of "Fast Food Nation"

Critical Book Review of "Fast Food Nation

Introduction

In this essay , an attempt is made to critically review the book , Fast Food Nation ' which deals with the process of emergence of fast food culture in America leading to significant social changes

Analysis

The meticulously researched book Fast Food Nation ' is written by the journalist Eric Schlosser . The author devotes much attention to unhealthy fast food , labor violations , and many cases of food poisoning The author gives information regarding the process of emergence of fast food culture in America the health

issues related to fast food culture and the government regulations regarding the fast food

In this book , the author demonstrates the ugly side of American food culture . According to the author of this book Americans spend more on fast food than on books , movies , etc . In 2001 , Americans have spent 110 billion on fast food . There are 43000 meatpacking workers . Fast food industry spends 3 billion to attract the young people to the fast food centers . The author states that every American consumes three hamburgers and four s of French fries every week . He says that the social price of fast food has neglected the traditional American values The attempt of the author is to argue against the consumption of fast food by the Americans . He obtained information through fieldwork and by interviewing different categories of workers involved in fast food production

The author argues that the main reason for opening so many fast food centers was to attract large number of people to the fast food culture This is a part of the capitalist agenda since the fast food centers have increased the capital of the owners of these centers . Due to this , few corporations have dominated the fast food business in America . The author does not hide his distrust regarding the fundamental principles of the capitalist system . He has given information regarding the economic strategies of the capitalists in popularizing the consumption of fast food among the American youth and other sections of American society

The book also gives information regarding the problems faced by the teen-aged workers who were paid low wages . The author mentions that one out of every eight worker in America is employed in McDonald McDonald 's hire nearly million people a year . However , they work under dangerous working conditions . It is mentioned that three companies master 80 percent of US demand for frozen fries . The author visited the slaughterhouses and comprehended the potential health hazards both to the workers and the consumers . He mentions that each year one in three workers go to doctor due to problem with their stomach . The author gives the information that two thirds of fast food workers are under 20 and most of them work 12 hours shift . To demonstrate his argument the author has used the examples , logos from the companies such as MacDonald 's

The fast food culture has few negative impacts on the health and society of America . For instance , this has increased the problem...