David Foster Wallace’s 2004 article “Consider the Lobster” for Gourmet magazine advocates that people, in particular Gourmet readers, should consider the morality of killing animals for food. He describes the Maine Lobster Festival (he assigned topic by the magazine) as a ordinary, yet amateur food festival for lobster feasting, hitting the idea that it is dull, and not fancy place, where you get to eat cheap lobster. This description allows Wallace to critique the festival lead to understanding…
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