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7 Cards in this Set
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Is it alright to boil a sentient creature alive just for our gustatory pleasure? |
Introduces main argument of text;not overly argumentative or aggressive in establishing his position. Question asks if readers can justify his brutal means of obtaining food. Answer requires the reader to evaluate their moral stance. 'boil' indicates cruel practise. 'sentient' draws comparisons between lobster and reader. Just as we experience pain and emotion so too- highlights lack of respect. Pathos allows readers to become emotionally invested in cause. Rhetorical question confronts readers. |
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"It is incorrect in about 11 different ways" |
Stinging insult makes readers appear ignorant. Convinces reader to believe its wrong by numbers. |
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"watching the fresh-caught lobsters pile over one another, wave their hobbled claws impotently, huddle in the near corners, or scrabble frantically back from the glass as you approach, it is difficult not to sense that they're unhappy, or frightened." |
Emotive, extensive description effectively uses pathos. Creates image of cramped hapitat 'pile over one another' highlights cruel captivity. 'hobbled' and 'impotently' convey physical damage: lobsters are unable to express natural behaviors due to it. 'scrabble frantically' 'huddle together' and 'frightened' emphasise fear of lobsters before slaughtered. Readers are encouraged to empathise with lobsters and consider their involvement |
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"suppers come in Styrofoam trays" |
Repeated reference to plastic throughout text "utensils are plastic", "Styrofoam" and "skinny plastic forks" creates fast food experience contrast from expectation. Moves gourmet magazine reader further away |
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"the lobster will sometimes try to cling on to the containers sides or even hook its claws over the kettle's rim like a person trying to keep from going over the edge of a roof |
Emotive image of lobster fighting for survival with 'cling, hook, trying' to emphasise lobsters futile attempts to stay alive. Powerful simile humanised lobsters and elevates status. Universally understood image of human attempting to survive used to empathise us with lobsters. |
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"Joseg Mengele's experiments" |
Just as the nazi experiments against Jews were undignified, horrific and repulsive so too is the treatment against lobsters gruesome, barbaric and sadistic. Shocking realisation forces reader to feel distraught so influences change in opinion. |
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"Like a Roman circus or medieval torture-fest" |
Raw simile compares festival to outdated, torturous institutions. Just as circus' were a savage form of primative entertainment so too is the lobster festival where the murder of animals is celebrated and enjoyed by spectators. Exposes crux of highly sensitive issue;we as humans deliberately kill animals to enjoy the resulting outcome. Indicates subtly that in future our promotion of consuming animals will be viewed as similar, disgraceful display of human nature. |
