Reading Response

Letters to Wendy's was an extremely different kind of book, one that I am not used to reading. I have never read a book that went off on random tangents and spoke so vulgarly about its subjects. I would have to say Wendy's would be one of the most famous restaurants in the United States. Not only do they have commercials on television every other second but it is a cheap place where everyone can afford to eat a meal off of the dollar menu. Wendy's is also easily identifiable with the red haired Wendy on the bright yellow sign. This is one of the reasons why I believe Joe Wenderoth chose to write Letters to Wendy's, to Wendy's.

Not only is Wendy's one of the most popular restaurants, but it's also extremely fattening. Our nation is obese now from all the fast food we have eaten. Instead of making healthy home cooked meals, we look for our quick fix and pull up to the drive thru of our local Wendy's and order a few things off of the dollar menu. Our nation has been obsessed with this new fast food craze. I bet there isn't a person in this country that hasn't heard of a double cheeseburger or a frosty and to put the icing on the cake they now have biggie size. It's not enough to have a large french fry now, we have to go beyond large, to biggie. This new status that our nation has recieved with our food, is yet another reason why I think Wenderoth chose to write Letters to Wendy's.

I think he chose Wendy's over McDonalds or Burger King, because it's the only fast food place that uses a woman as the model. Burger King has the King as their model and McDonalds has Ronald Mcdonald. We are now in a new age where women are not being looked down on anymore. We have women running for presidents, and every job a man can do, a women is now allowed to do. So, because of these few things that Wendy's does different than other restaurants, I believe is why Wenderoth chose it.