Considering Lobsters Most Americans have sat down and enjoyed the aroma of fresh seafood running through the air at Red Lobster. Others have even participated in Barona’s all you can eat buffet with unlimited lobster. During these positive times, never does one sit to think about the cruel and unusual circumstances that lobster went through in order to reach your plate. In innovative writer, David Foster Wallace’s article, “Consider the lobster” (2003), he argues the morality behind whether is it ethical to boil a lobster alive just for amusement and our tasteful pleasure. Wallace supports him claim by first giving the reader insight on the Maine Lobster Festival by describing what someone attending would see, then by explaining the biology behind …show more content…
He starts his article by giving an anecdote about the things he saw on his visit to the Maine Lobster Festival. Wallace describes seeing, “the MLF’s Main Eating Tent, where something over 25,000 pounds of fresh-caught Maine lobster is consumed after preparation in the World’s Largest Lobster Cooker near the grounds’ north entrance” (1). This personal experience alone makes him credible to speak on this topic because he saw everything first hand which makes it easier for the audience to believe him. Another instance where he shows he is credible is when he tells the audience he was assigned to write about this festival. He states, “Your assigned correspondent saw it all” (Wallace 2). This establishes ethos because as a reader you feel like the author may be an accredited journalist. He adds that he went with his girlfriend and parents who were actually born and raised in Maine. He mentions this to show the reader that he can be trusted with the information. This approach makes him seem more honest and relatable, which makes it easier for the reader to believe