The lives of animals are valued less than humans in this world, and will that ever change? If so, how can people realize that our eating system is in fact cruel and unright?
These two questions were my thoughts after reading this review. I find this interesting because this piece made me rethink a lot about the hierarchy that exists on this earth among all of the animals. I included these to show what Wallace's writing made me question, on a personal and larger scale level.
David Foster Wallace’s “Consider the Lobster” goes beyond the typical review of an event by forcing his readers to confront uncomfortable truths about eating other animals
Here, I explain why I think Wallace's review of the Lobster Festival goes beyond a typical review. On top of giving a description of the event, he presents larger questions about human eating other animals. This is why I found the piece so successful, so I wanted to open my essay by saying this. From here, I explain how Wallace develops these questions and how they made me feel as a reader.
Eating animals is so ingrained in our culture that it’s hard to imagine a world without things like hamburgers, sea food, and cream for coffee.
I added this to my essay because I want to emphasize how engrained in our society eating animals is. By listening these foods that are essential to our culture, I want to show how hard it would be to live without. The point of Including these helps develop how complex this issue is.
When I am lost in my thoughts or feeling frustrated about all of my work, seeing those buildings recenters me and reminds me of why I am here. The concrete image of these buildings offer inspiration by representing my hopes for the future.
This part of my essay is essential because it establishes that I know where I want to end up after college. I included this to emphasize that despite knowing this, I don't really know the means of getting there. The view is a concrete image of where I want to end up, and keeps me motivated, but I need to figure out what I am passionate about first.
So I work with my back turned away from the books, and look ahead towards the view of where I want to end up. While the view gives me inspiration, it’s not going to give me the answer to what I want to study. I need to figure out the means to get to this end I hope to achieve. This includes finding a career that I am passionate about. I have realized that the answer to this question could lie in the part of this place I have been ignoring all this time.
These sentences are essential to the overall theme of my essay, which is that my meditation place has a hidden meaning. I show this by using the image of me working with my back to the books. By explaining how I need to explore the books in the place I already spend so much time in, I reveal this place as the remedy to my confusion of what to pursue in college. I also wanted to emphasize that I came to this conclusion while writing this essay, and by using the word "realized", I show that.
. The silence is so overwhelming I can hear my own heartbeat in my chest. At first, I was almost scared of this silence, since it was so foreign, but I’ve grown to appreciate it, since it’s hard to find moments in my life as a college student where I can be alone with my thoughts.
The silence is one of the major aspects of this place that makes it special to me. I choose to include this description because I want to show the effect the silence has on my and describe what the silence is like. I did that by labeling the silence as foreign, and slightly uncomfortable, and overtime I have grown to like it because it allows me to sort through the thoughts in my head.
My parents met and fell in love in New York City, so they have always spoke of cities as places of youthfulness and opportunity. New York City is a bit chaotic for me, but Boston is charming but also urban. While I lack an idea of what I want to do with my life, I hold onto the fact that I want to work and live in Boston.
I choose to include this story because it explains why I think cities are special places. I didn't grow up in a city, but the way my parents talk about New York City has painted it to be a place where great things happen. I choose to include this because these stories have significantly contributed to my desire to live and work in a city after college.
I am enjoying all of my classes, but I have not yet experienced the “epiphany” that students describe during information sessions where they realize their passion. Seeing these bookshelves filled with volumes of information, almost act as a reminder that I don’t have a place to go to read about a subject I love. A concrete representation of me being at a school with such amazing academics, but not knowing which path to take.
This part of my essay I connect the physical library with my college journey. I include this to explain why I don't engage with the books, even though I spend so much in this place. I do this by including my feelings to being intimidated by all of the books. I then parallel this feeling of being overwhelmed with my decision on what career I am going to pursue. Since, I don't have a place specifically to in the library, I shy away from the books, and I try to show that in this part of the essay.
Despite the cubicle like arrangement of the desks, I never feel claustrophobic when I work here because I am very much in my own head.
I choose to include this in my paper because I find a unique contrast between the physical set up of this place, and my mindset when I am there. When I am sitting at this desk, I am so close to the person next to me that I can reach out and touch them. But I want to highlight that despite this, I get lost in my thoughts. Including this contrast helps me underline that despite being in a very claustrophobic space, my thoughts overtake me.