'Consider The Lobster' By David Foster Wallace

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“Consider the Lobster” is an essay written by David Foster Wallace, and published in a Gourmet Magazine. This essay was developed with the purpose of raising the awareness of the society, with respect to the mistreatments suffered by the lobsters. He started by describing the Maine Lobster Festival, which seems to be the major event related to lobster. It happens annually and it serves as a mean to sustain the economy of that region; which besides of the lobsters relies on the tourism to maintain its economy. Just to have an idea of the magnitude of this event, in 2003 the audience surpassed the mark of 80,000 and were cooked more than 25,000 pounds of fresh lobster, according to Wallace.
Moreover, Wallace defined what a lobster for the eyes

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