Chew On This, has some good points: Americans eat too much fast food, we are an obese or overweight society, and that fast food joints have become a normal part of the American lifestyle. The first chapter was interesting in the history of fast food and the details of how it all got started.
However, listening to Schlosser speak on the Today Show (view the interview) proved many things about his take on food in general. He has a point that people abuse fast food by ordering the large fries, chicken strips, and jumbo shake, but on the contrary, Eric misses the mark entirely on the agriculture industry. In the interview, they reveal a clip of his fictitious movie, Fast Food Nation. The movie clip portrays a converstion of the two main characters about a "slaughter" house. Details like "chopping the cattle's heads off and standing ankle deep in blood"are mentioned. These grousome and false accusations on the beef industry are insulting and a bit humurous. I believe if one were to witness the harvesting of a beef animal, one would truly understand that it is a humane and necessary process.
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