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http://jhampton.pbworks.com/w/file/fetch/51769044/Fast%20Food%20Nation.pdf
Pages 63 - 70
In the section of the book we read, there is a clear argument presented.
- What is the author's argument?
- How does the author STRUCTURE the argument?
- Is the purpose of the author effectively met? If so, how? If not, why not? What structures aid or hinder the message of the author? How does the use of language help or hinder the purpose?
- In what ways is this chapter related to so many other articles we have read and documentaries we have watched? What factor binds American workers together?
- Where is the hope?????
12 - 15 sentences. Write well. Be thoughtful and well-spoken. Don't let me down.
Response is due on November 20th by 1156pm.
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The author is claiming that the meatpacking business is very dangerous. The companies keep it on the low, so they won't get fined or in trouble. Many of the people who work in the plants are undocumented immigrants, so they have no rights. It would be really hard for them to get other jobs, because they don't have the proper documentation. Many cannot speak English, are uneducated, and most really need the money.
ReplyDeleteThe author starts by talking about the animals. Then he talks about the dangers of the job. Next he talks about the rules like the cleaning, and last he tells the story of Kenny. The author wants the reader to feel sad. He did this for a reason because he wants the people to have rights.
The author made this article as good he could. The use of language helped because he was very real with his language. He said very specifically what they do. The article relates to other things we have read because he has to do with immigration, like we discussed in class.
There is hope in this article because even though they are working in terrible conditions they are still able to support their families and find work. Sometimes people have to sacrifice doing something they like to take care of the people that are important to them.
This article is about how meat packing is dangerous. People who works at the meat plant are undocumented immigrants. For the undocumented immigrants, is really hard for them to find another job. At the meat plants, they wanted the worker not to complain about their job when they are hurt on the job. The meat company promised the worker that they will cover the medical bills.
ReplyDeleteA worker named Kenny works at the meat plant for 20 years. Kenny is not a very healthy person. He got hurt on the job...a lot. Kenny wants to stand up for himself and help the others. When Kenny is too weak, the company kicks him out likes he is trash:(. Kenny also said that he tried to find the job but it's too hard for him. So he decided to stay home with his family.
Evie
ReplyDeleteI personally believe that the author’s argument is about the stinginess of the meatpacking plants and their owners. The author structures the arguments by having first-hand accounts of the dangers of the plants. For example, the author brings a one-sided argument when he describes how a man of great health went to a man of almost no health in a mere decade. The author appeals to the reader through pathos by making the readers feel angry about the working conditions and feel pain when describing the injuries of the workers and the animals. I feel like the purpose was very effectively met. When I read this article, I did not want to support these ‘slaughter houses’ (a better term is a business, not even chains of food preparation, because it is just merely a money game). The structures that aid his argument are the interviews. I was disgusted by the fact of learning what is in my meat, how the workers are treated, and how the animals are treated. I am an animal lover and this article tore at my heart strings for how the animals can have such brutal deaths, be kicked around by workers, and break their legs due to the steroids put in them. I know I’m a hypocrite for saying I love animals, but I am not vegetarian, however, this article made me want to never eat meat again due to their mistreatment and steroid injections. Again, another persuasive tactic would be the use of word choice. He uses strong words like most dangerous, worst, amputation, etc.… to prove his point. I believe this article is related to the article “Animals”. In the article, Animals, society controls the minorities, while as in this article money (majority power) controls the minority workers. The minority workers of the plants cannot find other jobs which steers them back to the slaughter house. I believe that there is hope due to some food aspects becoming healthier. More and more people are starting to look more towards organic meats and more fruits and vegetables. Also, other businesses are starting to leave their plants here in the United States which will bring more work for any workers seeking it that have little education.
I feel that the author's argument is that the owners of the meat packing plants aren't taking care of their employees or the plant's upkeep. The author structures the argument in a way where they share the personal stories of previous workers in factories to try to display emotion while also describing the situation workers were in. I feel as if the author's purpose was accomplished throughout this story. As I said earlier, emotion was used to appeal to readers (including myself) and used diction to make readers understand to what extent things were happening within the factory. For example, in the section "The Most Dangerous Job", by walking through the plant and working backwards, it allows readers to feel a different way they wouldn't have before. In that section it says, "Feels like a slaughterhouse now". Towards the end of the section, it talks about how the plant "welcomes" cattle into the building. The terrible imagery it draws causes readers to truly understand the purpose of the stories. The author also discussed the workers condition throughout and how they aren't treated well. The thesis he says is,"Thousands of additional injuries most likely go unrecorded." For me, this creates a disgusted feeling and makes me feel like we haven't gone anywhere as a society if the company is only concerned about money and not the conditions of the employees.
ReplyDeleteThis chapter relates a lot to other articles and documentaries in which we have watched. It reminds me of how people are so desperate that they are willing to literally do anything and work anywhere to allow their families another chance. This specifically reminds me of the documentary we watched called "Wombs for Rent". Mothers would become surrogate mothers because their family was desperate and it was the last resort they had. It specifically reminded me of the part of the documentary when the mother talks about how she doesn't want her daughter to become a surrogate mother like her. It just shows people are willing to do whatever for their families.
As far as hope, I feel like the parents of children in these desperate situations are hopeful for their future children and generations and not as much for themselves.
Sam
ReplyDeleteThis articles main point is to stress the situation of large packing plants mistreating their employees. The author uses heart wrenching stories to reach the readers, and validate his point. Employees are often under paid, over worked, or poorly taken care of in each of the stories. I believe that the authors point is clearly seen, and taken for what it is. The workers who tend to take these jobs are undocumented, so this is the only work they can find. It pays the small amount of living expenses they may have, so they don't complain. It is sad to see people living this way, having to work such unnecessarily dangerous jobs. However large business are all for their own income, and by paying the low level workers less, and having them do more, their business is more effective. It is sad, but our country is driven by capitalism, so large business will do whatever they must to make more money. As far as hope, it is unclear to me if the employees have any hope. In many cases, undocumented people enter America with hope for a better life. But in situations like this, I find it hard to believe that anyone would be able to maintain hope. I feel it is more of a stalemate situation, these people need the money, but are not able to better their situation which leads to a cycle of on going pain in their work force.
In the short section of Fast Food Nation, the author presents his argument in a very clear way, with inductive reasoning. He argues about the incredibly and unbelievably disgusting truths of our meat plants in this country. The section begins with the general description of what goes on in the plants, then continues to dig deeper into the root of the problems until ending with a personal story from a trusting worker who was taken advantage of for years by the company he worked for. In all of the sections, the purpose is readily identified, accepted, and agreed with. Although some of the “evidence” used happens to be more anecdotal when the author uses fewer facts, and more personal and emotional examples. Many deep and emotionally charged words are used clearly throughout the text to display the author's meaning, although at some points, it can feel as though Schlosser would be better off letting the facts and story speak for themselves. The main connection between this chapter and the other texts and documentaries we have been focusing on, is the complete disregard for people of a different standing. The businesses, although there was some efforts to change it, are the only things truly protected by the government in these factories. The workers are barely cared for at all and can be told that serious health problems should be disregarded as things like pulled muscles. Then, the little protection that some of the workers have is demolished when they are undocumented immigrants, which can be fired at will and treated however the company likes, because their job there is better than no job. This theme can be seen throughout everything that we have read or watched this year, with the dominant culture (in this case the businesses,) taking advantage and giving no credit or protections to the true working force, the minority culture. The one thing that binds all people working in America together, is the need for protection and respect, from both their companies they work for, and the federal government. No one person should be ignored for any reason. Now, in this chapter of the book, I see absolutely no hope. Workers are disregarded and disrespected and no one is taking any real steps to change that. The hope that I know is there, is in the good people, in the jobs, in the management and ownership of these companies, and in the government. The only way to get these people help is by all working together, but because these good people can be so few and far between, and getting the help needed can be so difficult, hope can often be a long way off. Sami Hamblin
ReplyDeleteIn Fast Food Nation, the author's argument is that the meatpacking industry is not being monitored at all and safety isn't a concern at all. The author structures this argument by starting with broad topics and narrowing it down to one person, Kenny. The argument starts with how the cattle are dealt with when they arrive at the factory. It then moves to the workers and the worst jobs in the world. Injuries and OSHA are brought up next, which leads to Kenny. He may be the best example of how bad the conditions are in the meatpacking industry. The story of how he was a man with great strength whom was transformed into a man with great pain and no way out of it.
ReplyDeleteI believe the purpose of the author is effectively met because the severity of the working conditions is shown in the paper. The use of narrowing down larger topics down to a single person's story aided this message because it gave the reader an idea of how large this problem is, but also how it can effect a single person's life, which is just one of many stories. The author's language also described the conditions as "primordial" and "changed little in 100 years." These phrases show the reader how other forms of work are evolving, but meatpacking is left behind and has changed very little is at all. The feeling of disgust is very well shown in the writing.
This chapter is similar to other articles and documentaries that we read and watched because they are all showing how certain people or groups are taken advantage of in the work force and society. These people may feel the need to bind together because they are all in the same situation and can't get through it alone. They may all have hope that it will get better one day, but that may never be true for some or all of the workers. Hope already be lost for some of the workers because they could be in the country illegally and have no other means of income for their families. All hope may be gone for most of the workers due to the conditions they deal with but do because they are the most desperate people needed for the most dangerous jobs.
Makinsey Pladsen
ReplyDeleteThe authors argument in this article was stating that working in a meat packing factory is very dangerous and hard on your body. When the people get injured the companies don't report it. They try to talk to employees out of reporting it. The author structures the arguments when other individuals are brought up and talked about their injuries. The authors purpose was well explained when they talked about how the undocumented immigrants get injured, and they talk about several different cases. This article is much like "Animals" because of the way these workers are being treated. In this article the majority controls the minority. There may be some hope, but not much. People are leaning more towards the healthier foods.
Niq
ReplyDeleteThe author's goal is to bring to life the horrid and dangerous working enviroment within meat packing plants. Throughout the aritcle he brings up storys about workers losing body parts in machines and even dying in certain areas of the plant. He makes it very clear that there is nothing being done to improve work hazards due to the fact that multiple people died in the exact same place in the exact same circumstance. Most of the workers hired to do these unsafe jobs are illgeal imigrants who are desperate for work. Who else would want to stand in one position, for 8 hours a day, slitting the throwts of cows and having their blood spew all over them? Since most of them aren't legal citizens the employers dont give them health insurance since it's easier to replace them with a new low wage worker rather than pay for their medical bills and bring them back to work. The author does an amazing job of getting his point across due to clear, grody evidence and personal experience (from his tour). This articles lack of hope, in the work area, strongly relates to our other articles because of the very little amount of hope for workers to get a safer and friendlier work enviroment.
Overall the author of this article wanted to inform people of the dangers in the meat packing industry and conditions that workers face in these certain factories. The author talks about the specific details of how the animals are killed , and all the gruesome details of how it's done. Then the author describes to us how workers are 10 times more likely to get in a work related injury in a meatpacking factory than in a normal factory. The author brings illegal immigrants into this argument as well. He tells us that the illegal immigrants are not only uncdocumented making it 10 times harder to get a job, but on top of that , most of them don't speak English and have no other way to earn money and survive. It is pretty clear and evident that the author is trying to argue for the rights of workers and especially illegal immigrants in the meat packing industry. I believe the vivid images that the author paints with his writing allows me to be more persuaded on his argument and I believe it has the same effect on others.
ReplyDeleteIn the article we read the point the author was trying to get across was the horrendous conditions these workers have to endure. He wanted to show through awful stories of people dying and injuring themselves how dangerous the jobs in the meat industry are. Many of the workers are undocumented and it is the only job that they can find. They do it anyways because they need the money to survive. The author structures his argument by segmenting off stories, each equally horrible. He compares the cattle and how they use every part of it to the workers and "if you break your arm use your other" basically treating them like the cattle. He tells us about how dangerous it is for them to work and then how little they are paid for the work. I believe the author achieves his goal of making the reader come to a realization of how horrible these conditions are. His use of the stories and how a life was put to a worth of $480 really makes you think twice about how bad their situation is. This story relates to what we have read because it is very sad and upsetting but there is still hope in it. We still see hope because there are people willing to write about this and raise awareness to people. There would be no hope if people just stayed silent about these issues and nothing would change. When 100 people speak out about issues like this they can inspire millions to follow suit.
ReplyDeleteIn fast food nation the authors purpose cannot be misinterpreted; he's bringing awareness to the conditions to not only the food we consume but the workers situations as well. He never stated facts or gives any statistics as a means of convincing us instead he tells stories. He simply is the messenger for these workers who's horror stories would have otherwise been untold. The author makes a point of never demanding change or protesting the conditions the employees are in. He brings awareness to problem that would otherwise not be addressed. The author leaves it up to the reader whether or not they are willing to take action. You cannot look at meat the same way after reading this article or at the very least have to take a break from it. That's pretty effective in my opinion. Just by merely telling the horrors of everyday life for a meat packing employee the attention is demanded. This article like so many others states a social problem that needs to be fixed and leaves it to the reader to make a difference. This chapter relates to many others also in the sense that the workers have no other choice but to do this job. The children in the horrible foster homes had no choice, Junior had to choice to be Indian and in turn be made fun of, even Carlos had no choice but to endure the discrimination brought upon him. The thing that relates to all of the stories is the will to endure and keep going no matter how dangerous or Terrible it might be they all made a choice to not give up. That's where the hope comes from. There are people out there that will endure things some could only imagine all for the hope that their suffering will pay off in the future. Wether its for their children or themselves each and every one of these stories have a similar message.
ReplyDeletePages 63-70 of the book “Fast Food Nation” place a few different arguments on the table. There’s the argument on the first couple pages that indirectly says that the slaughter of these animals is inhumane and cruel. The author uses disturbing imagery such as “a worker called a “sticker” does nothing but stand in a river of blood, being drenched in blood, slitting the neck of a steer every ten seconds or so, severing its carotid artery” (Schlosser 64). The next argument is about the cruel and unfair treatment of not the animals in the slaughterhouse, but the workers. The author first tells us the extreme dangers of working in a slaughterhouse such as how the meatpackers can often stab themselves or others accidentally, develop trauma disorders, develop back problems, and so on. That is just for the meatpacker job, the list goes on for other jobs as well. Several slaughterhouse employee’s stories are presented and the reader genuinely feels bad for them and questions what is really going on at places where they get their food. Eric Schlosser reports that most of the employees are illegal immigrants and get stuck with the worst and most dangerous jobs, which again makes the reader feel guilty and upset. I think Eric does a great job presenting these arguments with statistics and research to report his findings. He writes in a very professional way that most articles presenting the same argument don’t come off as. He provides insight on what is really happening to the animals as well as the employees in places like these slaughterhouses. Most people are truly unaware of what happens and I think that’s what he’s trying to change. (Zoe Flores Period 1)
ReplyDeleteThis article is to really point out the terrible working conditions in the large meatpacking plants in America. In these factories, many of the workers are undocumented immigrants and are uneducated and can't speak English. These workers are put into the dangerous jobs and are often under paid, and when something goes wrong the companies handle the medical things very poorly. These workers don't complain though because this is the only kind of work they can find to support their families. The author uses a few horrendous stories. One being a worker named Kenny who was so dedicated to his job and providing for his family that he had a numerous amount of injuries. The company repaid him by firing him. He had worked his body to dirt and it's absolutely terrible for the company to let him go like that. This directly relates to our class having to deal with all of the immigration and all of the issues and topics we have discussed. I feel the hope is in the parents working for their children. They came here to better their family, but it may be a delayed gratification sort of deal. Where the family will name will become better, but it will just take some time.
ReplyDeleteThere is a fairly broad and important message that the author presents. He argues that these companies and factories these days still do not have sufficient safety precautions and health plans for their employees. The author presents this argument in a specific way in order to persuade the readers. First he appeals to the readers' emotion by telling true and heartfelt stories about real people that have suffered tremendously in the field of work and then the author backs it all up with statistics, facts, and personal reason.I would say that the author was successful overall because she was able to sway , just about everyone from my observations of my own classroom. I would say his is because of how she not only uses her personal opinion and reasoning and stories, but also facts. She appeals to both the left and right brain of the readers. Also she uses very vivid and descriptive language and wording in the article which paints a picture in the readers minds which ultimately helps her case. I would say the poverty and tough circumstances is what truly related to all these other articles that we have read this school year so far. I do believe that there is a good amount of hope present in these very sad stories though. I believe that hopes lies within these people that continue to go to their dangerous work environments every single day in hopes to better their lives and the future lives of their children.
ReplyDeleteThis article is telling us what exatly does go down inside of a meat packing facility. Some of the things the writer described sounded terrible, like something you could find in a horror movie. Literal pools of blood they had to walk through S they worked showed the new guy around the factory. Not only does it paint a vivid picture in your imagination but also makes you second guess about consuming various types of meat. If this writers main goal was to tell its readers about the horror that actually goes on in meat packing industry's then I believe he fulfilled his goal. But sadly for most of us we find out what really happens but it still doesn't stop us from grilling up a burger are a steak on the grill
ReplyDeleteThe article is telling us about the atrocities and horrible working conditions that went on in meat packing industries. This article shows us how desperate people were to work that they would work in these disgusting environments and they would put up with these working conditions just so they could provide for themselves and their families. The writer shows us a vivid depiction about what happens in the Large Meat Packing industries and it shows us that, these men would endure outrageous circumstances so that they could get paid. The writers main goal is to tell us about the hardships and un-sanitary working conditions that were in the facilities. He also wants to show us that the style of man that works here is a man that is willing to give up his life to provide for his family. The whole idea of a man enduring so much just so that he could have a job is a miracle in its self. On the other hand all of this work will not stop us from buying from these meat packing industries and it will not stop us from eating meat. It did however bring change to the work place which was well needed. Connor O
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