Summary Of Consider The Lobster

In the essay, “Consider the Lobster”, the narrator, David Wallace tells a story from his perspective about consuming lobsters. The tone is set in marine setting which takes place in Maine. The primary purpose of the essay is to discover how much is involved in properly preparing for one the world's delicious delicacy foods during one of the biggest summer events called the Maine Lobster Festival. The festival is a huge event with more than 80,000 and over 25,000 pounds of fresh lobster. But it comes with a twist of concern for the lobsters itself. The writer portrays an overall picture of fun and games at the event to draw you into his essay but then turns the view onto the actual lobster. Throughout the essay, the writer uses descriptive writing patterns which express his point of

He first takes us back to the early years of 1800s when the lobster was low-class food and it was also cruel to make someone eat such food. He vividly compares lobster being bad as if men were eating rats. We are then brought back to present when lobster is now a delicacy and now being associated to steak. While all the events are taking place the writer continually uses rhetorical strategies and detailed revealing information which drives the readers to reconsider consumption of a lobster. Wallace does an amount of research which he makes use of metaphors to explains the livelihood of the inhumanities of the delicious lobster. The writer explains where we can catch lobster and what water temperature it is best to find them at which is 45–50°F.” In preparation of the lobster, the lobster is put into a boiling pot of water alive. Which brings up the argument, do we have a right to boil lobsters. A group name People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals thinks otherwise but not with only the matter of boiling but the whole idea of cruelty to any animal or creature.