Eric Scholsser, A well-educated and compelling writer tells of today's fast food society and mans number one necessity and emotion. Food and hunger. With the use of rhetorical devices, Scholsser uses his own unique writing style to form descriptive and detailed images in the readers mind. His literature, factual and interesting persuades ones thoughts about the fast food diet. In Scholsser's New York Times Bestseller "Fast Food Nation", he tells a fascinating story behind all the happy meals and toys, and with careful analyzation he goes into the real deal about "The Dark Side of the All-American Meal". Scholsser analyzes how the fast food industry has affected and influenced today's society as well as the advertisement process and the break down of individuals" behavior and thinking process towards today's fast food society.
A Fast Food World? Since the evolution of fast food restaurants, the value of the all American meal has been transformed by many means. Not only have fast food restaurants altered people's eating habits, but they have also revolutionized the way people live and society itself. It is safe to say the world itself has been affected by fast food and its massive and continual growth. The most widely recognized fast food restaurant in the world happens to be McDonalds. How could it not be the most well-know brand with its fifteen thousand restaurants in more than 117 foreign countries? To make sure their progress is kept alive, they manage to open five new restaurants every single day. An average of four out of the five are overseas. (Scholsser 229). "In an estimate, one out of every eight workers in today's society has been employed by McDonald's" (Scholsser 4). This shows how huge fast food industries have affected our society economically. Fast food is not only affecting our economical terrain but our religious aspect as well. "The only fictional character [Ronald McDonald] with a higher degree of recognition was Santa Claus.
