One thing that I found interesting from our "Lobsters" discussion in class was that in the second group, it was brought up that when the humans take the lobsters in the poem is like when humans were slaves. When white people used to take slaves, they would take them from their 'habitat' where with their skin color, they blended-in, it worked well for where they were, and took them to a place where their skin color, helpful as it might be where they used to live, stuck out, and made them very noticeable for their difference.
When I heard this, I was in the outer circle, and thought is was very interesting. When I thought about it more, I realized how much it made sense. The whole time I had been reading Lobsters I had been thinking about it as comparing lobsters to humans in general, but narrowing it down to this part in humanity just fit. The lobsters are described as being not knowing, or being able to change anything, and also as being "made available to the buyer" all of these things could be applied to a slave being taken from their home and being sold, and not being able to do anything about it. Thinking about this more has given me a whole new perspective on this poem and a whole new way to think of it.
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