The Vegetarian
book quotes/notes/thoughts
The Vegetarian
“Imagine you were snatching up a wriggling baby octopus with your chopsticks and chomping it to death—and the woman across from you glared like you were some kind of animal. That must be how it feels to sit down and eat with a vegetarian!”
themes this brings up:
The tension of making decisions that only really affect yourself and how these autonomous actions upset/affect other people
Discomfort being avoided more than addressing morality/ our values
How much we are animals and how much we avoid this, like it’s disgusting (almost inhumane) to describe consuming food this way, but a coyote snatching up something else alive we know is necessary and we don’t pass judgement onto the coyote. Should we be comfortable consuming this way? How do we relate to being an animal
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