Animals Matter Too

In the non fiction story ''Am I blue'' written by Alice Walker, the author realizes her own hypocrisy when speaking on freedom and justice for animals facing cruelty. At the very end of the story the author writes ''As we talked of freedom and justice one day for all, we sat down to steaks. I am eating misery, I thought, as I took the first bite. And I spit it out.'' (Walker 4). The quote’s placement at the very end of the story reveals a final awakening. A realization that her too, is a hypocrite and contradicts her values on freedom and justice. Her choice to spit it out ,however, shows…