HW 12- Final Food Project 2 Outline

Overarching Thesis:
Many of the dominant social practices in our society- practices that define a "normal" life- on further investigation turn out to involve nightmares and industrial atrocities.

Major argument 1:
Social practices that are "normal" consists of the inhumane treatment of animals, workers who are treated like cattle, and consumers who have not been exposed to the truth.

Chunk 1 of Major Argument:
Animals are being treated inhumanely in slaughterhouses.

Evidence 1 of Chunk 1 of MA 1:
The treatment of animals at KFC and other fast food restaurants.
Hyperlink & Citation for Ev 1 of C1 of MA1:
http://www.peta.org/

Evidence 2 of Chunk 1 of MA1:
Statistics about the number of animals that are slaughtered each year.
Hyperlink & Citation of Evidence 2 of C1 of MA1:
http://www.all-creatures.org/articles/ar-aninsidelook.html

Evidence 3 of Chunk 1 of MA1:
Evidence from Fast Food Nation about the feeding of the animals and their environment.
Hyperlink & Citation of Evidence 3 of C1 of MA1:
Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser

Chunk 2 of Major Argument 1:
Workers in factories are being exploited.

Evidence 1 of Chunk 2 of MA1:
Statements from workers in the factories, telling their stories about the pay of the job, the conditions, and the treatment towards workers at these plants.

Hyperlink & Citation for Ev 1 of C2 of MA1:
Fast Food Nation. Food, Inc.

Evidence 2 of Chunk 2 of MA1:
Statistics about the treatment of workers in slaughterhouses.
Hyperlink & Citation of Evidence 2 of C2 of MA1:
http://www.organicconsumers.org/irrad/slaughterworkers.cfm