A Critical Approach to the Rising Problem of Fast Food Nation by Schlosser Essay

Fast Food NationThere is a purpose to everything literature, speeches, advertisements, even regular conversations with friends. In Fast food nation Schlosser critical approach of the working conditions generated by the meat packing industry does not offer solution for change. Schlosser should not be responsible for providing a solution to the critical work conditions of the meat packing industries. Schlosser wanted to make readers think about this and how much of a problem these working conditions are. He wanted readers to be angry and aware of these conditions and all the injuries that these workers face. Schlosser is using Ethos in this chapter because he wants you to care. If no one cared about this problem then no one would try to fix it.There are many things that can be done to fix the working conditions of these companies, but the CEOs and owners of the companies would have to be willing to cooperate. For example the lines could be slowed down to prevent workers from moving so fast, workers could be spaced far apart to ensure a safety cushion around each worker. OHSA could step in and play a bigger role in safety management. Also have the health department and or some type government official go in and inspect randomly to watch production throughout the day. This would keep the supervisors in check and keep the production line slow enough that workers can still be productive, but also safe.In 2005, Eric Schlosser upset stomachs around the globe with his expose of the fast food industry, Fast Food Nation. Schlosser's work was instantly controversial, a perfect topic of debate in a world at odds over food production, nutrition production and animal rights. Schlosser's investigation, which many claimed to provide evidence that beef producers and hamburger makers were out to destroy mankind, was almost immediately compared to Upton Sinclair's, The Jungle. Among other atrocities, Sinclair's book outlines some of the more unsanitary practices of Chicago's early...

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