Fast Food Nation

What is Schlosser’s purpose for including such eye-opening data in the introduction to the book? What effect does it have on the reader?

What do you make of Schlosser’s treatment of Carl Karcher and Ray Kroc? Do you think it is fair, or perhaps even too fair? Explain.

Schlosser makes clear that the industrialization of food is a negative force in our culture. Explore why this is the case. What reasons does he provide?