Consider The Lobster Summary

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The Lobster Aside, There’s More to Consider
David Foster Wallace’s (I’ll be referring to him as DFW) 2004 article, “Consider The Lobster”, succeeded in making do as the title suggests, to consider a mere lobster. I’d admittedly not put much thought into things such as lobsters being cooked alive and whether or not it’s right or wrong. Yet even after reading DFW’s essay, and after plenty of time and consideration, I don’t believe it’s wrong to cook and eat lobster, or any other animal for that matter. Now people may call me ignorant for thinking that, or maybe they’ll agree with me, but my belief that lobsters are of less moral importance than humans is one I hold true to; however, that’s not the point, because I don’t believe DFW’s goal was to get people to consider lobsters or cows or any animal product specifically, but to consider absolutely everything. …show more content…

Now, for a second it seems like a waste of time to write an article about consideration when the consideration doesn’t even change your opinion, but it’s not a waste of time, because when I read this essay I didn’t believe it was for the purpose of convincing people not to eat lobsters, or to inform you on the differences between humans’ and lobsters’ emotional and physical components, I believe the essay was written for us to consider our day to day lives

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