In this blog I will be discussing a contradiction. In the book "Fast Food Nation" by Eric Schlosser, Schlosser describes Kenny Dobbins as a very hard working employee at Monfort Slaughterhouse. On a number of occasions he suffered serious injuries while working, but was never compensated and resumed work without recovering completely. On one occasion Kenny saves his fellow employee by grabbing him from a machine just before it would've crushed him. Monfort honored Kenny for his bravery by giving him an award for "Outstanding Achievement in concern for a fellow Worker." On the contrary when Kenny felt a sharp pain in his chest, the company nurse just said it was a pulled muscle when indeed it was a massive heart attack. Kenny Dobbins was recuperating in the hospital when he was fired, they realized that he was of no use to the company even though he worked for Monfort for almost 16 years. As a result, once the employee is no longer of use they are discarded and replaced.
Glenn, In this context, I don't see how firing Kenny Dobbins while being hospitalized is an example of contradiction. I suggest you to define what Contradiction means to you, in your own words. This blog is more likely a summary with no examples, instead you should explain how contradiction can be implied using examples from the text "Fast Food Nation", by Eric Schlosser. Citation is not stated in this blog and the quote you gave doesn't really say much of what the main idea it suppose to be. What I suggest you to revise your argument, edit your paragraph add some clear evidence from the text and some direction where the reader can understand what you wrote. Otherwise I like how you explain the injustice that has been made with Kenny Dobbins.
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