Sunday, February 25, 2018

Consider The Lobster, Consider It Mine.


Well, it seems as though one of The Great and Mighty Presto's most favored dishes has come under attack by an article that he has read, written by the mortal author David Foster Wallace. Well, The Great and Mighty Presto is here to declare that his words are heresy of the highest order! His opinion is wrong, as it is in contrast to that of The Great and Mighty Presto. One of the things that are brought up is the topic of whether or not the lobster can feel pain while it is boiled, and the questionably humane methods used for preparing the dish, and The Great and Mighty Presto would pose the question, does it matter? Whether or not it suffer, who cares, and what is this that they say about the chef leaving the room while the lobster clatters around the pan? The fool is missing the best part about the preparation! In fact the preparation of the lobster is the best part of the entire process of dining upon one, simply because they can feel pain, not in spite of it. In fact this article has only served to make the Great and Mighty Presto desire to dine on this animal more, it's even shown him that apparently lobster meat is even healthier than chicken, and that completely balances out the butter, after all how bad could heaping pile on pile of butter really be? Not to mention that they reminded The Great and Mighty Presto of many facts on the lobster he definitely knew before, he just happened to forget them for a period, after all The Great and Mighty Presto knows all. What this means though is that The Great and Mighty Presto may grace the mortals sitting around him with facts about the organism as they dine, which will surely lead to them see the enormous wealth of knowledge owned by The Great and mighty Presto. So yes consider the lobster for as long as you mortals desire, for The Great and Mighty Presto will be out eating one.

1 comment:

  1. One of the beautiful aspects of Wallace's argument is that he allows the reader to disagree with him. By ending his essay with a series of open ended questions, he leaves the facts he presents up to his audience's interpretation. You have a very unique voice! Nice job!

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