Red Lobster

a “medieval torture-fest.” Within the same page of the article, Wallace calls exactly what he is doing himself “selfishly convenient.” I have a hard time understanding why he went to such great lengths bashing the Maine Lobster Festival and everyone at home who tortures lobsters for the sake of a pleasurable meal when he in turn is doing the equivalent. Whether or not he physically kills or witnesses the killing of the animal he’s consuming, doesn’t necessarily mean it had lived a full…

people who think it is unethical to boil lobsters alive or even people who think it is completely fine to boil lobsters. Wallace accomplished this by showing no issue with the way lobsters have been cooked before he asked the question “Is it ok to boil a lobster for are pleasure”. So essentially Wallace led the reader on by feeding them the information they wanted to hear. Wallace switched opinions and brought up all the tendencies and facts that lobsters do while they are in the process of…

total (dotted line) and total catch in the Cuban spiny lobster fishery. The log-likelihood resulting from the fitting of the environmental models show a best fitting for the model with the total values for catch and effort (Table 2). Because it provided lower values for the components (mainly for catch…

The essay, “Consider the Lobster”, written by David Foster Wallace is about him visiting the Maine Lobster Festival. He believes that the festival is more than about the food and entertainment. First, he goes into very specific details explaining the lobster. He stated, “Lobsters are both hunters and scavengers”, (page 2). I believe that the main purpose of the article is to tell people to look at reality and consider the lobster on what they have to go through to be cooked and eating. He…

We Have Issues “We have issues. We have issues with people using American law to steal our land. We have issues with people using American law to grave-rob our ancestral cemeteries. We have issues…” Armitage, Kimo took a brave step in his story of Onelauena, a proud man who fights for the separation of Hawaii and America. As the protagonist, Onelauena, describes the events with dramatic symbolism, a familiar tone,and his character develops to reveal a final resolution. Through the depiction…

Red-white-red is a color combination of the Canadian flag. A maple leaf is a Canadian symbol since as early as 1700. When the Canada Day rolls around, the best way to celebrate the summer holiday and surprise your kids and guests by making healthy and delicious treats, baking cakes or cookies, and using the red-white color combination and maple leaf shapes for food decoration. White is for peace and red is for bravery, so celebrate the Canada Day with fabulous, brave and soothing desserts in red…

Standardizing the visual language has always proved to be a challenge amongst all kinds of artists especially filmmakers. This, in turn, has spawned a collection of individualistic visual expressions in respect to every different director and filmmaker. Through the visualisation of elements within both our daily lives and those of imaginative scapes, the audience are subsequently exposed to an array of overt influences that minutely alter their subconscious mindsets. These messages and symbols,…

The first thing in the morning is to prepare an outfit for the day. Generally when I am getting dressed I think about the weather, what classes I have to attend, and how I am feeling in general. If I am a bit down and just want to be left alone, I will wear black so I don’t stick out, but I still look like I tried to get dressed and look presentable. If I am in a good, happy mood, then I will go with a lighter color such as blue or orange. When getting dressed in the morning, have you ever…

associate with a color. Because of this, businesses utilize color in order to create a certain image, catch people’s attention, and evoke specific emotions and behaviors. The colors that I focused on in my visual essay are blue, green, yellow, orange, and red. Blue is associated with responsibility, trust, and also calmness while green is also associated with calmness but can include the environment, money, envy, and liveliness (Stranger). Because of this, blue is often used as a color for bank…

The Scarlet Ibis by James Hurst tells a story of two brothers, Brother and Doodle. Brother is narrating the tale from an adult perspective. Doodle’s life is very difficult, everyone thought he was going to perish; he pulled through because of love with a small twist of wickedness. Furthermore, Brother only wants to help Doodle to correspond with other children because he wants to avoid embarrassment of having a younger brother who cannot walk, this is only a battle with his self worth. As the…