Plot

In //Fast Food Nation// each chapter is about a different part of the fast food industry. The introduction is about why the writer, Eric Schlosser choose Colorado Springs, Colorado for the focus point of the book because of the effect fast food has had on it. The first chapter is about the founders of a lot of the fast food restaurants. The second chapter is about the McDonald brothers, Ray Kroc, Walt Disney and the formation of McDonalds as we know it today scene Ray Kroc took over McDonalds from the McDonald brothers. The third chapter is about the growth of fast food chains in the past ten years and the growth of young workers at them. The fourth chapter is about the creation of franchisees and their impact on the success of fast food companies. The fifth chapter is about potato farms and what fast food restaurants do to the fries, like adding oil that has beef in it. The sixth chapter is about cattle farms and the creation of the Chicken McNuggets. In chapter seven it talks about the harsh conductions in slaughterhouses and how most of their workers are illegal immigrants. The eight chapter is about the poor treatment of slaughterhouse workers and how dangerous it’s to work at a slaughterhouse. In chapter nine it talks about the poor job of detecting food with //E. coli.// The tenth chapter is about how fast McDonalds has spread to other parts of the world. The Epilogue talks about the poor quality of McDonald’s food and the poor protecting from Salmonella. The Afterword is about stopping mad cow disease and how fast food companies didn’t like //Fast Food Nation.//