Questions for Schlosser- Muzamil

1.  During your research was there an interesting story or event that was not mentioned in your novel? What was it ?

2. Since giving up somthing you love is not an easy task, Do you think that a majority of the people who read this book will significantly change their eating habits with regard to fast food? 

3. Growing up, did fast food and the uprising of this huge industry have a major effect in your life? Did your past enspire you to write this book, or was it the you wanted to educate others of the  realities of fast food? 

FFN Questions

1. How did you pick the people who's personal experiences you included in your book?
2. Were there any anecdotes that you decided not to include because they might have been too extreme and not marketable?
3. This book portrays the fast food industry in an incredibly negative light. Did you recieve threats from the fast food companies in any way while you were writting this book?

Joe's Questions

1. How would you reconcile an increase in the price, and quality of fast food, with a decrease in wages or positions open at franchises all across our country?

2. If Americans did stop eating at fast food  restaurants, and started eating locally, do you think local business people would be able to handle the influx of new customers. What about the millions who would lose jobs in fast food to a loss in patronage? 

3. In writing a book on a polarizing topic like the fast food industry, how hard was it to fairly and accurately represent everyone in the book from CEOs to blue collar workers in meat packing plants? 

Bryan's Questions

1. Did you intentionally write the book so it would provoke the reader to be appalled by what the fast food industry is doing to the country and around the world? Why?
2. How can local farms and food industries succeed in this world dominated by corporate reigning with no end in sight giants with no end in sight?
3. Are organic grocery chains such as Whole Foods really that much better then regional or national chains in purchasing food from local markets, farms, etc. or are they even more of a culprit to the failure of local industry?

questions for schlosser

1. Do you think the presence of factory farms in small towns has any mental or emotional impact on its residents?

2. Did you plan out the different topics/chapters before writing, or simply let your research lead you in the process?

3. What makes you so passionate about this specific issue rather than another?

Bill's Questions

1. Throughout Fast Food Nation you include the personal stories of people deeply involved with fast food, along with statistical information about the industry; was this a conscious effort on your part or did this writing come from your experiences while researching the topics?

2. Was Fast Food Nation written gradually, while collecting research for the book, or did you begin writing the book after all the research was complete?

3. Was there any information that was cut from the final copy of Fast Food Nation? If so, why did this information not make it to the published edition?

4. In Fast Food Nation you state that fast food restaurants, which have turned into multinational corporations that span the globe, should become relics of the past. You also say that, “Whatever replaces fast food should be regional, diverse, authentic, unpredictable, sustainable, profitable, and humble”. Have you ever considered founding such an institution? (This question was not really on the topics you asked us to discuss but I was interested anyway.)

Three Questions for Eric Schlosser

1) Content- Is there one person in the book (among the anecdotes that you included) that you were particularly fond of/interested in?

2) How did you choose what areas of the fast food industry to focus on?

3) How did you decide when to include personal anecdotes vs. when to include research?