Fast Food Nation Eric Schlosser

Question 1

What is the irony of the chapter's title, "Your Trusted Friends"?

The irony can be found in the fact the "friends", MacDonalds and Disney, have no interest in their primary targets (children). Their only concern was the expansion of their empires.

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Answered by jill d #170087 on 4/16/2018 5:21 PM

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Question 2

What purpose may Schlosser have had in discussing childhood food preferences and how they persist into adulthood?

I think the author wants draw a direct connection with fast food and the American obesity epidemic.

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Answered by Aslan on 2/8/2018 6:58 PM

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Question 3

How do agribusiness firms feel about regulation of the food safety practices?

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Having centralized American agriculture, the large agribusiness firms are now attempting, like Soviet commissars, to stifle criticism of their policies. Over the past decade, "veggie libel laws" backed by agribusiness have been...

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Fast Food Nation Eric Schlosser

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