how do you feel about boiling lobsters alive now?
In our discussion on the poem "Lobsters", many ideas were brought up that widened my interpretation of said poem. But the idea that was brought up the most was the comparing of the lobsters to humans, and how humans are the ones being 'herded' around. Well, I really wish I had said this in the discussion, my idea was that the lobsters don't represent humans, but everything we humans take that we don't need. And that 'everything' means everything, from lobsters to laptops to Lincoln Logs (running out of L words). There was also the idea of 'the flame beneath the pot that boils the water' being the hard workers of society who don't get any credit. I disagree. I believe the flame is the wastefulness of us humans, who boil the water to kill the innocent lobster for an unnecessary meal.
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