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Brief History Of Candy In The 1800's

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Have you ever wondered what today’s world would be like without candy? In the first article, the author talked about how candy was invented, the “Golden Age”, and how when candy was first invented it was expensive and hard to find. In the second article the author talks about nutrition facts, how much sugar is in foods, and it gave some ideas on how to not eat so much sugar. The two articles present many differences, and many similarities on how americans have been influenced by sugar. Candy has become very very cheap compared to the 1800’s. In the 1800’s, only rich people could afford sugar, but now candy is everywhere; grocery stores, gas stations, and in everyone’s houses. According to the first article, How Candy Conquered America, it states, “Back in the early 1800’s candy was popular in Europe, but extremely expensive in America.” This proves that candy was very hard to get and very expensive in the 1800’s. According to the second article, This Cupcake is Trying to Hurt You, it states, “Today’s kids and teens are consuming very large …show more content…

When you walk into grocery stores you see many things, but one of the first things you see is very cheap candy. This differs from the 1800’s greatly. In the 1800’s candy was very hard to find. According to the first article, How Candy Conquered America, it states, “By the 1920’s americans could choose between thousands of kinds of candy of every size, texture, and flavour.” This proves that from the 1920’s to today candy is very easy to find. During the 1800’s candy was very hard to get ahold of. According to the second article, This Cupcake is Trying to Hurt You, it states, “In 1801, the average American was eating roughly 8 pounds of sugar a year. Today, the average American eats about 130 pounds of sugar a year, according to some estimates. This proves that in the 1800’s candy was very hard to find, but in today’s world candy accessibility is very

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At the first glance the article is about a woman who reminisces about her childhood though the love of Twinkies, she is now grown and understands the truth about Twinkies and how unhealthy they are but still longs for the “snack cake” as her guilty pleasure. The meaning of the Twinkie changes and evolves though out the article and can be interpreted to represent multiple things. While labor issues were a factor in Hostesses bankruptcy, some of the blame can be placed on the migration of people leaning towards heathier options of food. Nguyen encapsulate this concept into a metaphor for the expansion of tolerance and open mindedness in the US now creating a heathier society. Even though the society she lives in now is ‘heathier’ she still reminisces about the Twinkie days where she could digest Twinkies (American culture) without worrying about its effect on her health (mind).

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