George Orwell and David Foster Wallace both utilize human understanding and relationship to animals in order to appeal to readers’ emotions. Orwell appeals to readers emotions in “Shooting an Elephant” by descriptively describing the death of an elephant while Wallace does so by discusses the suffering a lobster experiences when boiled alive in “Consider the Lobster”. Although Orwell’s essay is metaphorical and depicts a larger political message, both pieces present arguments for animal rights. In “Shooting an Elephant” Orwell creates a situation in which morality is questioned and uses the elephant as a metaphor in order to present the message of how a majority can influence an individual. Wallace’s “Consider the Lobster” uses modes of