What's the cause and effect relationship between fast food and our environment?

Question

I need to write an essay discussing the cause-and-effect relationship between fast food and our environment.... This is supposed to be based on "Fast Food Nation - The Dark Side of an All-American Meal" by Eric Schlosser....... Can someone please give me some ideas???

Answer 1

There's a lot of confusion between the concepts of "relationship" and "cause and effect".

While there is a relationship between fast food and "litter", which may ultimately become "pollution" if not cleaned up, that relationship is not a cause and effect.

For example, there is a relationship between marriage and divorce. 100% of couples getting divorced are married. This does not imply that marriage is the CAUSE of divorce, merely a prerequisite.

Of course, if your instructor doesn't know the difference, it probably doesn't matter if you do, either.

Answer 2

Gee, that would probably require actually reading the book! My idea is you need to read the book!