In this article, David Foster Wallace talks about the Maine Lobster Festival in which the World's largest Lobster Cooker occurs. He tells us about his experience in the event and how overwhelming it was to face it all. He describes the entire story of the habit of eating lobsters, as well as its preparation, which can be considered cruel since they are placed on the kettle to boil still with life.
My favorite part of the article was when Wallace tells about his point of view in the situation. he states that in his life he usually ignore the cruel facts behind his eating habits, since it is very uncomfortable. However, as a writer, he was challenged to attend and report the Maine Lobster Festival of 2003 and, facing that reality, he could not avoid the moral questions behind it. That statement was crucial during my reading because it was personal and directed towards me. That is, I felt a connection to the writer. When I started reading the article I assumed it was going to be a boring text that vegans and vegetarians post to try to convert people to stop eating meat, which is very annoying and ineffective to me since I really enjoy meat. Nevertheless, when I really saw the writer's point of view, I became more interest to really see his point of view on that entire situation since it was probably going to be more relatable to me than a vegan's point of view.
Therefore, this article really reinforced the importance of thinking about the audience when writing a composition. I am sure that David Wallace knows that majority of people eat meat and are not willing to give up on that easily, so he tries to make himself and his text more approachable by stating that he understands how unpleasant it is to discuss the negative points behind your eating habit, but that it does not change the importance to question it when facing cruel attitudes.