Analysis Of Last Night At The Lobster

In the novel Last Night at the Lobster, we get a good representation of the manager, Manny and how he deals with the Red Lobster being shut down days before Christmas. After reading the book, it is no secret that running the Red Lobster is not easy and neither is dealing with the employees and their personal issues. Darden Restaurants may feel like this is a good job, like they are doing the right thing but on the other hand there are so many employees who are going to be out of a job. These two groups of people have different ideas of what business is, I will prove that by comparing members of the upper class such as Darden Restaurants and members of the working class such as the employees of the Red Lobster. Members of the upper class are wealthy members of society. There is a stereotype that the upper class wants nothing to do with the middle class or working class. The members of Darden sees shutting down this particular location as strictly business, not taking in all the challenges the employees of the Red Lobster will face after losing this job. Manny expresses multiple times how upset he is that the lobster is closing but he never lets his anger get the best of him. Members of the working class are also known as lower class. Yes, everyone works in some way or another but these are the people like Manny …show more content…
When it comes to Darden, they have a chain of businesses to run so something minor like closing this one won 't effect their decisions. As far as the next move for some of the employees of the Red Lobster, it is unclear as to whether they will look for something better, something new. A few made the choice to walk out on the middle of the job symbolizing they 're voluntary quitting. Manny never showed his frustrations no matter the situation, he continues to do the right thing, although its the very last