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Summary Of Consider The Lobster

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An essay written by David Foster Wallace titled with” Consider the Lobster” reflects his own opinion and experience in the Maine Lobster Festival. Which tells the reader to consider the lobsters and their life with their feelings. The writer is mentioning some important points of consuming lobsters and how its related to an ethical issue, methods of cooking lobsters, low class food in 1800s, how lobsters are feeling pain, how lobsters behave, and their nervous systems. So in this essay, I will clarify the main points that Wallace mentioned in “Consider the Lobster”.

First of all , Wallace talking about the festival and showing that Maine Lobster festival takes place in late July yearly on the western side of Penobscot Bay (midcoast trigon). …show more content…

There are many different kinds of Maine Lobsters. Consequently, lobsters were served in many different ways of cooking in the festival such as lobster rolls, with salad, lobster bisque, and other delicious dishes. Also, a large booth which is sponsored by The Maine Lobster promotion council has some free recipes, some eating tips, fun facts about Lobsters, and attractive activities for the visitors of the festival. In addition, the pamphlets and the presentations in the Maine Lobster Festival were showing the people that the lobster meat has fewer calories, less cholesterol, and less saturated fats than …show more content…

lobsters can be cooked it many different methods, and the most common method of cooking it is boiling which requires 2.5 quarters of water per lobster. In MLF (Mine Lobster Festival) which includes the World’s Largest Lobster Cooker they can cook more than 100 lobsters at the same time for the main Eating Tent. But environmentally that put the lobster’s lives in danger and requires using lots of water for boiling each lobster. Moreover, some people are choosing to cook lobsters alive by boiling just to satisfy themselves with the taste they

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