Chapter 6

In chapter 6 they mostly talk about the beef and poultry industry. They also talk about ranches, and how the American image of a cowboy is fading away into the image of big cities, technology, and hollywood. A part the really struck me was "Hank died in 1998. He took his own life the week before Christmas. He was forty-three." This part affected me because a 43 year old man took his life because of the stress. Though he seemed perfectly fine when Schlosser went to see him just the previous year. Ranching seems to be a care free life style, but in truth it has a lot of stress that comes with it. The book even says that the suicide rate is three times higher then the national average. There are many things in this chapter that caught my attention, but this struck me the most.