The article "Junk- Food Heaven" by Bill Bryson, appears in the book I'm a Stranger Here Myself. The point of the article is to show readers that after eating the rediculous amount of junk-food an average American eats, Bryson prefers his English snacks.
The chapter starts with Bryson cleaning out his refrigerator when he comes face to face with a breakfast pizza. He goes on to talk about his vivid memory of a trip the the grocery store. With an English wife who didn't understand all of the unhealthy things an American diet has to offer, the family typically eats healthy things such as broccoli and Swedish crispbread. Because of this, Bryson decides to go to the supermarket with her to get the experience of an average American snack. While his wife was picking out more of these healthy food options, Bryson ventures into the junk-food aisle. There he finds so many items that were previously unheard of to him. Cereal, snack cakes, candies, and marshmellow fluff all quickly caught his attention. When he brought all of these items back to the cart, his wife stares at him and simply asks "what's that?" Bryson quickly explains and made sure to tell her not to put any of it back while he went to find more unhealthy treats. When he brings back the breakfast pizza all his wife says is "no." Bryson convinces her to let him have it all but she makes sure that he is aware that he will have to eat everything that he brought home. The chapter ends back at Bryson's home where he is still at his fridge, staring at the breakfast pizza that had been sitting in there for weeks. When he finally decides it's time to throw it away, he went off to the pantry in hopes to find those healthy foods he was more accustomed to eating.
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ReplyDeleteAlthough Bryson feels as though the average American meal is typically unhealthy and he did have some facts to prove the amount of junk food we eat, I don't fully agree with his idea that America is paradise of junk food.I do see how someone coming from another country would quickly feel as though the American diet is unhealthy, but I believe it is all about how we choose to live and eat. In this chapter, Bryson refers to America as, "The country that gave the world cheese in a spray can" (56). I think that although that may be an American product, it is not fair that this is the type of thing we are known for. I know that I personally try to eat healthy and I know a lot of other Americans who do so also. It is fair for Bryson to make these points, considering what a large percentage of the American population is obese, but it is not fair to stereotype all Americans in that regard.
ReplyDeleteI agree with this hiswith his ideas it was that junk-food an average American eats and the true about American . It was a interestion chapter to read because it is true about american. We as american we never have time to get a healthy breakfast.I like me never I have time a get breakfast a healthy so i get some some junk-food.
ReplyDeleteBecause Bill Bryson's chapter "Junk-Food Hevean" talks about how Americans eat food that is bad for you, I thought of what I ate Last night and the nights before that. I have been eating at fast food resturants for the past week. After Bryson says " After eating junk food for a week, it made me think differently of it", I feel the same way about his feeling. It made me not want to eat at a fast food place for atleast a week.
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