3. Summarizing Arguments (Founding Fathers)

     In the Founding Fathers chapter of Eric Schlosser's book, "Fast Food Nation", he mainly describes Carl N. Karcher's success as a rags to riches story as well as other fast food franchises. The author uses pathos to appeal to the reader's emotions by making us "attached" to the founder of Carl's Jr. restaurant. He started from working for his uncle, earning enough for his own hotdog cart, then a few more, then saved enough money for his own restaurant. The author shows Carl's ups and downs throughout decades of competition and struggle. At the end of five decades since he started the business, Carl was betrayed by his own board members quoting, "one of the saddest days of my life." Through his struggle the author makes the readers like him more. Carl eventually gets his company back after engineering a takeover which makes me feel like If he can do it, I can.