Sep 15
'Consider the Lobster' Author David Foster Wallace Dead at 46
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Hailed by the Boston Globe as "probably the most important novelist of his generation," author David Foster Wallace was found dead—apparently because of suicide—on Friday night at his home in California.
Although famous for authoring The Broom of the System and the best-selling Infinite Jest: A Novel and Brief Interviews With Hideous Men, loyal PETA supporters may best remember David Foster Wallace for his philosophical piece written for Gourmet magazine.
In the groundbreaking "Consider the Lobster," Wallace wondered, "Is it all right to boil a sentient creature alive just for our gustatory pleasure?"
Wallace explored the excruciating pain that lobsters feel when they are boiled alive, writing, "[A]fter all the abstract intellection, there remain the facts of the frantically clanking lid, the pathetic clinging to the edge of the pot. Standing at the stove, it is hard to deny in any meaningful way that this is a living creature experiencing pain and wishing to avoid/escape the painful experience."
In memory of this remarkable man, let us keep his respect for animals alive by practicing kindness and compassion toward all beings every day by rejecting cruelty at the dinner table. For more information and to order a free "Vegetarian Starter Kit," please visit GoVeg.com.
To read David Foster Wallace's article in full, go here.
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