In this piece the author Eric Schlosser discusses how marketing aimed at children has reached an all- time high. Companies like McDonald's and Walt Disney have created grand marketing schemes targeting young children. These companies have long known that associating their products with childrens themes they can effectively control how their products are consumed by chidren. "Hoping that nostalgic childhood memories will lead to a lifetime of purchases..”(Schlosser 190) . There are whole marketing organizations are dedicated to selling to children using highly market research and studies that analyze and predict exactly what children want and how to seel it to them (Schlosser 190).
In David Zinczecko's, " Don't Blame The Eater", he explains how much fast food Americans eat, yet he dosen't go into depth about why we eat so much fast food. On the other hand Schlosser's peice give great detail on how companies like McDonalds get into peoples head and ultimately control their decision making.
Another peice by Radley Balko, "What You Eat Is Your Business", explains how the food choices Americans make is simply their own choice. He talks about health care should charge more money for overweight and obese clients (Balko 158). He goes on to explain how obesity shouldn't be a public concern and shouldn't be included in public discussions about reform. This article fails to grasp what Scholser was getting at, that corporations are controlling the minds of children who turn into aldults that keep these companies running strong.
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Overall I think that you have a good paper, but I would like to see a little more to "invalidate" the two opposing views we needed to include, maybe further backing up your claim and discrediting the others you could use some statistical information. Also you have no works cited, don't forget it, if I am not mistaken we need one everytime because we will always be researching, and using others to support our own views. What you do have is very easy to follow and makes you think that there is probably better things that could be done wit that money that is spent to lure children into an unhealthy lifestyle.
ReplyDeleteI thought the first portion was well done. It was a good summary of your arguement and why it holds validity. I also thought that you did a decent job with the counter points. I like how you pointed out the weak arguements. But a weak arguement is still a arguement, i'd of liked to see some facts to counter their points and show that you are right. But over all well done.
ReplyDeleteYour paper is very well written, very descriptive and you did a great job summarizing the article. You picked out my favorite line from that article as a quote. I also think the peices you picked from the other articles fit well with the argument. At first I was a little confused about what the argument was, much like I was with the original article, but if I hadn't of read the article, I don't believe I would understand your argument.
ReplyDeleteI think you did a good job of finding the author's thesis and then explaining it. I also think you pulled in good examples for your author's supporting points. Your paper flows well and it is easy to follow.
ReplyDeleteI did notice some spelling and grammar errors... not a big deal, but some were in the quotes, so it seems like something you might want to proofread. I also was a little confused when reading about the author's response to the other pieces. It would help a lot if you explained in more detail why your other would or would not agree with each of the other pieces.