Sunday, September 5, 2010
The Obvious Argument?
For BLOG #7, I didn't want to put in the title what I thought the main argument for Fast Food Nation was. "The point that Schlosser tried to make is that fast food companies are bad" probably would make me fail English class if i used that for my main argument. But, while that actually be the main point, there are many arguments throughout the book that stem off from this main argument. But the part in the book about the working conditions of the meatpacking plant cleaning crew. He describes the horrendous conditions of the nightly job about how "temperatures soon exceed 100 degrees" (from the high pressure hose steam) and how people lose body parts and fall off catwalks to their death. Then he talks about how they are mostly illegal workers getting paid minimum wage even though it is a high risk job. Then he goes on to say how the companies were only being fined $480 for each death. He is obviously arguing how the fast food companies don't care about having morals or being humane, as long as they are getting a good deal.
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