Fast Food Nation

Detailed Summary & Analysis

Introduction Chapter 1: The Founding Fathers Chapter 2: Your Trusted Friends Chapter 3: Behind the Counter Chapter 4: Success Chapter 5: Why the Fries Taste Good Chapter 6: On the Range Chapter 7: Cogs in the Great Machine Chapter 8: The Most Dangerous Job Chapter 9: What’s in the Meat Chapter 10: Global Realization Epilogue: Have It Your Way

Themes

All Themes Diet, Nutrition, and Food Safety Greed, Corporations, and “The Bottom Line” Independence vs. the Social Contract Bureaucracy and Complex Systems Work and “The Good Life”

Quotes

Characters

All Characters Eric Schlosser Carl Karcher The McDonalds Brothers Ray Kroc Walt Disney Elisa Zamot Dave Feamster Hank The Monfort Family David Theno

Symbols

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Fast Food Nation

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Introduction

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Detailed Summary
& Analysis

Introduction
Chapter 1: The Founding Fathers
Chapter 2: Your Trusted Friends
Chapter 3: Behind the Counter
Chapter 4: Success
Chapter 5: Why the Fries Taste Good
Chapter 6: On the Range
Chapter 7: Cogs in the Great Machine
Chapter 8: The Most Dangerous Job
Chapter 9: What’s in the Meat
Chapter 10: Global Realization
Epilogue: Have It Your Way

Themes

All Themes
Diet, Nutrition, and Food Safety
Greed, Corporations, and “The Bottom Line”
Independence vs. the Social Contract
Bureaucracy and Complex Systems
Work and “The Good Life”

Quotes

Characters

All Characters
Eric Schlosser
Carl Karcher
The McDonalds Brothers
Ray Kroc
Walt Disney
Elisa Zamot
Dave Feamster
Hank
The Monfort Family
David Theno

Symbols

All Symbols
Golden Arches
Ranchers

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Schlegel, Chris. "Fast Food Nation." LitCharts. LitCharts LLC, 11 Aug 2015. Web. 19 Jan 2020.

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Schlegel, Chris. "Fast Food Nation." LitCharts LLC, August 11, 2015. Retrieved January 19, 2020. https://www.litcharts.com/lit/fast-food-nation.

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