In "a culinary wasteland," what opinion does the author hold of fast food nation?

She dislikes it and believes it lacks logical support for its central argument. 

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As the boys sleep, military airplanes battle fiercely above the island. none of the boys sees the explosions and flashes in the clouds because the twins sam and eric, who were supposed to watch the signal fire, have fallen asleep. during the battle, a parachutist drifts down from the sky onto the island, dead.