Ann Cooper and her proposals

I learned many different facts about what is being fed to our kids in their schools. Some of the information I already knew about because of Fast Food Nation such as all the advertisement toward children. However some facts that surprised me was that 10 companies control all the grocery stores. I was also surprised to find that more money is spent on keeping prisoners in jail than feeding our children. I also did not know that pesticides were doubled. This kind of makes me depressed that children are brought up in an unhealthy enviornment and can easily be getting diabetes and might not even outlive us. I thought the video was interesting and Cooper made a very informative and persuasive speech. I can not use this information in my paper however because I am not focusing on children for my research.

"what's it going to be then, eh?" Review on A Clockwork Orange the book

I am going to review this book I read called A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess. I am positively in love with this book. If you read the movie it does not compare in the slightest to the book and leaves out important information. The storyline is about a boy named Alex who has three main interests: rape, violence, and beethoven. He leads a gang of his friends and they just do drugs and go around and rape people and committ acts of violence. It is told in a narrative-singular person first point of view.

The book has an errily portrail of what might happen in the future if teenagers get out of hand with little punishment. The book proceeds with the main character who robs a house then gets left behind by his gang and gets caught by police. The victim in the house dies and he is tried for murder.
The themes of the book go on about moral choice for humanity vs government control over people. While in jail the main character Alex goes through a program where he is forced to watch movies about violence then injected with drugs to make him nausous, so he associaties the two psychologically. He is then released into society.
The book gives very distinct details about Alex and the programming he goes through. The psychologically aspects are very eye-opening and the book draws your attention in from the first line. The author creates a slang that the teenagers use which is genius so that any generation may read it and understand what the children are saying.
The ending of the book is just awesome because it has 21 chapters which gives great symbolism to the age 21 or the becoming an adult. In the end of the book in the 21st chapter Alex realizes everything he was doing was childish and upon seeing his matured friends vows to change his ways and grow up. However the movie ommitts the 21st chapter ending.

Overall, the book is enjoyable to read with good details and chilling psychological aspects of government control over humanity. The slang used is fun and the characters are quirky and very well developed. I enjoyed reading this book and find it a must read for anybody who wants a thriller. 

 

wow, what I never knew I consumed

The book Fast Food Nation has changed my whole view on fast food and especially McDonalds. I would have never guessed that the way they feed the cows all those unsanitary products and even other animals. I found it to be very crude. I did not realize I was eating meat that contained feces in it when I went to eat out. The whole book with its gruesome details made me sick to my stomach. It enlightened me on the way the people in the meat packing industry are treated. It brought up how unions are easily silenced by the people protesting unfair work practices by being out of a job.
I have already made some changes in my life. I used to eat fast food all the time, almost everyday. Since I read this book I have not eaten a single hamburger. I still eat the french fries though. I am going to cut back on the fast food I eat permanently. I do not want to support a business that treats it workers like animals and is cruel to cattle and other livestock. I have been trying to eat more healthy and drink less soda among eating less fast food.
This book made me think of the trauma the animals go through before they are slaughtered. I was completely unaware of the brainwashing McDonalds uses in their advertising and the controversies of marketing to younger children with the psychological affects they will have later because of it. I was unaware of the global realization they are trying to achieve by americanizing and changing cultures in other countries. I was completely shocked by the treatment of the workers most of all and how they do not care about the safety or health of their employees in the meapacking warehouses. I was also mortified about the companies taking advantage of immigrant workers who are looking for job opportunities.