In today's society, most people tend not to think too much about where the food they eat comes from. They enjoy it without thinking of how it was made or the innocent creatures that were killed to produce it. In his journalistic piece "Consider the Lobster", published in 2005, David Foster Wallace gets us to think about that. In particular, he gets us to question ourselves when it comes to boiling and killing lobster. Lobster is a common meal, especially on the east coast, which is the setting this article takes place in. I believe Wallace did an exceptional job fulfilling his purpose with this piece he wrote for Gourmet magazine, which was to really get people to think about, or "Consider the Lobster".
To begin, Wallace opens up his piece by informing us of the Maine Lobster Festival that happens annually in July. He uses the ethos appeal here because he paints a picture of the setting and describes the festival so we can picture what it would be like there. He then provides us with information on the different types of lobster served and activities that go on during the festival. Wallace also mentions that "there was over 25,000 pounds of fresh caught Maine lobster that is consumed in the main eating tent after being prepared in the world's largest lobster cooker" (236). The lobsters are boiled and then served in many different ways. Wallace then starts giving us background information about lobsters. He describes the anatomy and also gives us a little bit of history about them. He tells us they were a low class food in the 1800's and usually only the poor or institutionalized ate them. He describes how now lobster is a delicacy and very expensive. He also tells us where the name came from "The name 'lobster' comes from the old English loppestre, which is thought to be a corrupt form of the Latin word for locust combined with the Old English loppe, which meant spider" (237).
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