Schloss blog

After listening to Eric Schlosser come and speak about fast food nation I have a some what different view on the book its self. When he came and spoke to us about his book in the auditorium I didn't really feel like I had gained much. I felt that his talk was geared more towards people who have not read the book because all that he spoke about was already covered in the book. However I felt that both question and answer sessions were very interesting. I liked how he said that he does not care to be a celebrity and aspires to be a writer like homer in the sense that no one knows anything about homers life we only know about his writing. This gives us the chance to be unbiased and take his work for what it is without any other distractions. I also thought it was interesting about how he said his goal is not to have people agree or disagree with him but to get them thinking. Often times people are too concerned with other people agreeing with them. Its nice to see somebody who just wants people to think for them selves and nothing more. When I first read Fast Food Nation I thought that it was an interesting book, now that I have finished the book and have had a chance to interact with Mr. Schlosser I look forward to reading some more of his work.