Chapter 1 The Founding Fathers

                            In chapter one: Founding Fathers, Eric Schlosser begins by introducing the founding father of the famous McDonald fast food restaurant by documenting Carl's experiences and success along his career.
                            Schlosser introduces us to a man named Carl. N Harcher, a German- American industrious and devoted catholic, who grew up on a farm  in a small town of Sandusky Ohio. Carl had dropped out of school in eight grade, working on the farm from that point on.  Schlosser quotes Carl's father who always reminded their children " The harder you work, the luckier you become." Introducing Carl's background shows the reader he was a hard worker, and believed in his fathers words, as it will later on be the truth.
                          Carl. N Harcher left his home of Sandusky Ohio in 1987, to work with his uncle in Anaheim California. This was the first time carl had been out of the town. After that came the job in a bakery in Los Angeles. Finally came his first hot dog cart that he had bought barely sure if it will progress in any way.  That was the beginning of Carl's business. He started with one hot dog cart, soon turning it into four. Again the author includes the progress of Carl's hard work to base it on his fathers belief.  Carl soon bought his own restaurant , fixed it up and it became Carl's Drive-In Barbecue restaurant. The new business began to flourish along with the Garden Grove town and all the new drive ins.
             Secondly, Schlosser mentions all the different types of drive- in businesses that began attracting people. Reverend Robert Schuller, preached every Sunday morning in a drive- in movie theater, spreading the gospel through a little speaker, attracting large crowds with the slogan " Worship as you are...in the family car." This was done in sort of a pushy way, possibly with a hope that people will take part of the drive- in prayers since the " drive-in" was so popular.
The restaurants decorated in flashy letters caused a lot of attention to those driving by. It was directly designed to grab the attention of the driver, as it looked fun and exciting. Restaurant owners often competed with one another on who had the biggest , brightest sign.
             After quite of time spent on working in the restaurant, Carl moved back home in Anaheim and opened another self-service restaurant.  He continued preparing the meals that same way he did back in Los Angeles. This restaurant soon became know as McDonalds restaurant. Just like Carl N. Harcher took his first step from a little town into a bigger one in California, people copied Carl and soon opened up their own restaurant businesses.