Fast-food Culture and Americans' Outlooks on Life

Fast-food is always the one of the main culture in America just like it has been known.It is not only very important in Americans’lives,but can reflect some of their outlooks on life.This thesis gives an analysis of reflection of Americans’outlooks on life in fast-food culture.Five types of Americans’outlooks on life have been surveyed:working hard and playing hard,optimism and open-mindedness,treating the time as the life,self-independence and believing the equality.Beginning with the introduction of the emergence and development of fast-food culture in America,the thesis brings why the fast-food can be popularized among Americans to light.Consequently,we can find that some of the Americans’outlooks on life can be consistent with their fast-food culture.This thesis will be divided into four parts.The first part is the introduction and the last conclusion.The focus of this thesis is laid on the two middle parts which first display the five types of Americans’outlooks on life,then give the analysis of the reflection in fast-food culture.This thesis attempts to explore the Americans’outlooks on life.Although by the thesis we can not learn about a nation completely,we still know some aspects of their outlooks on life from fast-food culture.Key words:outlook;Americans;fast-food;

Fast-food is always the one of the main culture in America just like it has been known. It is not only very important in Americans' lives, but can reflect some of their outlooks on life. This thesis gives an analysis of reflection of Americans' outlooks on life in fast-food culture. Five types of Americans' outlooks on life have been surveyed: working hard and playing hard,optimism and open- mindedness, treating the time as the life, self-independence and believing the equality. Beginning with the introduction of the emergence and development of fast-food culture in America, the thesis brings why the fast-food can be popularized among Americans to light. Consequently, we can find that some of the Americans' outlooks on life can be consistent with their fast-food culture.This thesis will be divided into four parts. The first part is the introduction and the last conclusion.The focus of this thesis is laid on the two middle parts which first display the five types of Americans' outlooks on life, then give the analysis of the reflection in fast-food culture. This thesis attempts to explore the Americans' outlooks on life. Although by the thesis we can not learn about a nation completely, we still know some aspects of their outlooks on life from fast-food culture.