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A. In __Fast Food Nation__, Eric Schlosser uses many different techniques and strategies to get his point across. He shows many different statistics that reinforce his statements. Schlosser also explains that backstory to many of the fathers of the fast food industry. He meets with different people who each show a different aspect of the industry and how things are done. He met with ranchers, meatpacking plant employees, restaurant employees and some CEOs. He got many different persepectives of the industry. Schlosser shows the industries from the customers perspective as well as from a business standpoint.

B. This book uncovers "the dark side of the American meal". It tells where the food comes from, the targets of ads, and how some employees are treated. It also talks about how the meat and poultry industries are monopolized. Schlosser describes how the working conditions in slaughterhouses and in meatpacking plants are terrible. Workers there often suffer from numerous injuries and diseases. He explains the negative aspects of the industry. This book talks about how many people have consumed food that is carrying a virus and the different side effects too. Schlosser does a good job of explaining all of the different steps that it takes to produce the food that Americans comsume so much of.