Fast Food Nation begins by painting a picture of a beautifully natural landscape in Colorado: Cheyenne Mountain. Although the scene may appear unscathed by human ingenuity and progress, it is exactly the opposite. The mountain image is used to parallel the fast food industry, in which what you see, may very well not be what you get. Schlosser directly references this parallelism, on page 7, when he states, “Like Cheyenne Mountain, today’s fast food conceals remarkable technological advances behind an ordinary-looking facade.” Schlosser also makes reference to the fast food frequently delivered to the inhabitants of this top secret Military base. Imagining a Dominoes deliveryman being cleared by security to drop off a pizza to the side of a mountain is almost comical. However, it’s also an extreme example illustrating just how deeply fast food has been ingrained into the American psyche.
Sunday, September 7, 2008
Question 1: Why does E.S. begin his book with a description of Cheyenne Mountain? (Aliza)
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Good answewr here, Aliza. I like the way you close here -- by contrasting the comical side of the image with its power. that's nice. You could have posssibly delved a little deeper into the facades of our new national symbols (the golden arches?), but overall very good.
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