Lobsters

A lot of interesting topics were brought up in the "Lobsters" discussion. One thought that really captured my   attention, were the comments about the lobsters colors. Almost everyone agreed that the adjectives used to illustrate the lobster's colors (mud red, cadaver green, bruise purple) were selectively chosen to create a mood of ugliness and death. A few people disagreed that the adjectives picked were not directly connected to the color of the lobster and had a deeper meaning about life and that it just happened that these colors were colors of cooked and uncooked lobsters. The chosen colors were just supposed to make you think of how the lobster looks. Not to show any connotation.

I definitely believe that the words were chosen carefully and meaningfully to enhance the meaning of the poem. I believe that all words in the poem were picked extremely specifically. The three adjectives used to illustrate the hues were no different. Neither was the word choice of "herd", which was used many times throughout the poem. To me, when I hear the word herd I think of cattle or sheep being herded around not knowing how to think or what to do. Herds of animals bossed around by the herder. This example is not very different than lobsters being in herd in a glass tank not knowing what to do. I think that the author used these words to create a gloomy and depressing look on how we kill animals for food even when we don't desperately need them