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Anger is an emotion related to one's perception of having been offended or wronged and a tendency to undo that wrongdoing by retaliation. According to Videbeck it’s an emotional response to a perceived provocation.  Phycologically a person makes a conscious choice of action when they are angry and therefore sometimes people regret of their choice of action.  Similarly I regret my choice action that took place during my high school year.  It was one rainy day when my friends and I were hanging out.  The topic of the day was culture.  According to CARLA (Center for advanced research on language acquisition) culture is defined as the shared patterns of behaviors and interactions, cognitive constructs, and affective understanding that are learned through a process of socialization.  These shared patterns identify the members of a culture group while also distinguishing those of another group.  During the conversation my friends comment on my culture got me angry.  Later it turned into an argument which eventually turned into a fight.  Though I regret my choice of action but It’s not only I who gets mad at situations like this.  Most people take culture seriously because a system of value, tradition, customs and National identities makes the world that we live in.   The sense of individuality is what differ the world’s civilization and culture.  .  Different ideas and beliefs is what gives us the sense of diversity and makes cultural interaction an exciting affair.  In the modern world the sense of diversity seems to be disappearing.  Today American culture also considered as international culture.  A wide spread of American symbols has made it possible.  Fast food in particular has a great affect on culture.  Fast food is known as inexpensive food that can be acquired quickly. It has replaced our traditional family meal and became part of our culture.  Today fast food is known as the “the taste of USA”.    Fast food is associated with the concept of ready cooked food.  The growth of fast food is associated with the urban development.  It usually provides take away, takeout food or even drive through which makes life easier.  Fast food became an American way of life and the spread of it worldwide is creating a homogenized culture

            How the American way of life did come about? ”.  It all started when Walt Anderson began selling hamburger sandwich on an outdoor spot.  He flattened the meatball and placed between buns which attract a lot of hungry people with limited time.  They spread the business around as it grew rapidly.  It was built around speed and efficiency.  The importance of time has increased with every new advance in technology.  Now a mother can drop her kids at school, pay her bills online, schedule a meeting, respond to her email and etc.  In short everything has become easier now.  In this age of convenience there is no time for a well rounded meal.  The outcome of this need for speed have interfered our traditional family meal.  TV dinner was invented as TV’s became more common amongst American household.  Cities grew larger rapidly.  As the cities grew larger, agriculture leaned more toward industrialism and advanced technology and so the cars and long commutes became American way of life.  Traditional family meal was lost during all this development. As time passed people became busier and fast food took over traditional family meal gradually.   The need for speed has helped fast food taking over America’s traditional family meal.  It has not only changed what we eat.  It has also changed how we eat.  In the past people used to enjoy their meal while savoring it.  In the present days eating is a necessity to gain energy which helps us prepare to do the next task on our list. As you can see in a fast pace world, because of our fast pace society traditional family meal is replaced by fast food and became part of American culture.  Fast food today is known by the “the taste of USA”.

                        Fast food restaurant not only speed up the food preparation but also create a global standard character in food.  It can offer the same quality food with the same taste and look around the glove.  For ex. Russet Burbank potatoes are used for McDonald fried potatoes around the world because they give the most efficiency.  Similar to the potatoes all the other products in McDonald has the same requirement creating uniformity in food around the globe. In addition to it fast food is the fastest growing food type around the globe and most of these rapid growths are taking place in the developing countries.  There are five fast food restaurants opening up each day around the globe.  Four of these five restaurants open up overseas.  As the growth of fast food increases the uniformity of food worldwide is increasing as well.  In addition to it spread of fast food around the world is creating a homogenized culture.  In developing nations eating fast food is to elevate one’s social status.  Fast food means modernity, and entry to the world culture.