Exploring the Text

1. How do the details of clothing (e.g., “chain-mail apron and gloves”) and sounds set the scene in the opening paragraph? What feeling do the first three paragraphs establish?

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   Exploring the Text: - How do the details of clothing (e.g., “chain-mail apron and gloves”) and sounds set the scene in the opening paragraph? What feeling do the first three paragraphs establish?
2. What details and descriptions, especially in paragraphs 4 and 5, does Eric Schlosser use to help convey his vision? How would you describe his vision?

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   Exploring the Text: - What details and descriptions, especially in paragraphs 4 and 5, does Eric Schlosser use to help convey his vision? How would you describe his vision?
3. This chapter is written in first person. What impact does that have on the reader? Note places where Schlosser calls attention to his own reaction or “interprets” the scene. Why do you think Schlosser chose not to report in a more objective voice?

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   Exploring the Text: - This chapter is written in first person. What impact does that have on the reader? Note places where Schlosser calls attention to his own reaction or “interprets” the scene. Why do you think Schlosser chose not to report in a more objective voice?
4. How does Schlosser support the claim that the “men and women who now clean the nation’s slaughterhouses may arguably have the worst job in the United States” (par. 9)?

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   Exploring the Text: - How does Schlosser support the claim that the “men and women who now clean the nation’s slaughterhouses may arguably have the worst job in the United States” (par. 9)?
5. In the opening section of his chapter, Schlosser does not discuss any specific person, but in the second section he focuses on a member of the crew named Jesus. What effect does Schlosser achieve by describing and quoting this individual?

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   Exploring the Text: - In the opening section of his chapter, Schlosser does not discuss any specific person, but in the second section he focuses on a member of the crew named Jesus. What effect does Schlosser achieve by describing and quoting this individual?