Question#2: What does Schlosser mean when he says “the real price never appears on the menu”(9)? Use examples from the Intro and Chapter 1 to illustrate your answer.
The author was implying that we as individuals, by eating fast food, would "pay the price" of our health. Many customers don't realize or care that what they pay for is slowly killing them. There are many grams of fat, oil, carbohydrates, cholesterol and other unhealthy ingredients, all that can lead to diabetes, heart disease, hyper tension, and other problems troubling millions of Americans. These ingredients, of course, are not mentioned on the menu that we order from. So the statement made by the author of “the real price never appears on the menu,” is in reference to our declining health when we are eating that "affordable" extra value meal or drinking that jumbo soda.
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Yes, the physical health issue is definitely part of it. But is that all Schlosser is getting at? What other kinds of health might be involved here? And how do you know from the material that appears in these first two chapters?
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