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Fast Food Nation – The Most Dangerous Job (Source Use Strategies)
1. What kinds of sources does Schlosser employ? (Name the different types) 2. What signs are there of his seeking multiple, or balencing perspectives? 3. How does Schlosser find first-person sources, & what steps does he have to take in employing them? 4. Can you find one example each of these source uses: statistics, legal decisions, industry positions, critics’ positions? 5. Why does Schlosser rely heavily on mainstream newspapers? 6. How does Schlosser choose to represent statistical information in the chapter (as compared with the notes)? What does he do to augment the impact of numbers and why? 7. What organizational choices does Schlosser make in the first section and why? 8. What makes the narrative of “Kenny” in the concluding section such an effective summation or bookend?
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