Fast Food Nation...The Final Chapter



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As I finished reading Fast Food Nation I realized how much I changed. When I started this book I really didn't like it. I didn't care about the food I was eating and I didn't understand what happens in slaughter houses to cows. I had grown up knowing that cows were used as food, but I didn't understand how horrible cows are treated before they are killed. They are pushed into small places and killed by men with large knifes. It's freaky to think of people being able to kill something that's living. I also learned about the people who have these jobs, most of them are illegal people from Mexico or South America. The big companies take these people from Mexico or South America, get them across the border, and give them jobs. If a worker gets injured they get sent back to their homeland for a week (if they are hurt bad) to recover, if they are not hurt bad and they don't want to report it they get put on an easier job until they heal. I think that is just wrong. If someone gets hurt they should be going to the hospital, it doesn't matter if they are only hurt a little, these jobs are dangerous and people should not be in them just so they can make a few bucks. I don't like the idea of people being used at cheep labor. Personally, I think that we use illegals because Americans don't want to do the job. If Americans think that the job is bad and disgusting than why still have the slaughter house open? It's money!! That's the thing that controls America today, money. I think that people should take a step back and not think about money for just a second to see how people (and Animlas) are being treated in the slaughter houses.