Gents: Today in class, we completed our discussion of David Foster Wallace's "Consider the Lobster," demonstrating how Foster Wallace uses the Maine Lobster Festival as a means of exploring the issue of food ethics (with no definitive personal conclusion on his part save confusion and, as Spuzz said, "Consider the Lobster") by
For homework: Please complete your TED talk proposal (PDF) and read the introduction to Michael Pollan's book The Omnivore's Dilemma (PDF), which will serve our class discussion on Wednesday as a look at America's / the Western Diet's food problems.
If you need extra time for your proposal for reasons academic or personal, please let me know. Enjoy the long weekend!
- decontextualizing the lobster as a highfalutin food item from steakhouse surf 'n turf parings
- then using it as an ontological argument to explore food ethics.
For homework: Please complete your TED talk proposal (PDF) and read the introduction to Michael Pollan's book The Omnivore's Dilemma (PDF), which will serve our class discussion on Wednesday as a look at America's / the Western Diet's food problems.
If you need extra time for your proposal for reasons academic or personal, please let me know. Enjoy the long weekend!