Analysis Of Mcdonald's Fast Food Nation

Growing up with McDonald 's, many watched McDonald 's advertise themselves. A considerable amount of children along with adults have either gone or continue to go to an establishment. Have you ever stopped and wondered the reason why people crave fast food so much? Could it be that the food is deliciously intriguing or could it be that fast food has been drilled into the heads of an abundant amount of people? A mass of people grew up with each advertisement every fast food restaurant released, whether the advertisement was on television, on the radio, or printed? Has the craving for McDonalds has been caused by the physiology that goes behind each advertisement?

Fast Food Nation, written by Schlosser, lets the reader come up their own conclusions, but he does give a fair warning to those reading his book. The book is all about the “dark side of the All-American meal” (cover page). Schlosser points out that “over the last three decades, fast food has infiltrated every nook and cranny of the American society” (page 3). Which unfortunately has become reality, nowadays there is usually a fast food place within a ten block radius, especially near high schools. Kids are obvious targets as customers seeing that a “typical

McDonald 's has associated its self with anything that could attract kids into insisting on getting them. A Happy meal has a toy usually associated with the newest movie or television show that kids are unquestionably excited about. Such as the commercial where Spider-man leaps out of the television into the living room of a random kid saying he cannot “hang around”, as a voice-over comes in and states it’s “because the action is at McDonald 's” then goes on to state what neat items they could receive in each happy meal. All while the kid is filmed having an enjoyable time, the lighting brightens the kids face and smile, and the music creates a sensation that one must go to McDonald