Both “Consider the Lobster” by David Foster Wallace and “A White Heron”, by Sarah Orne Jewett show how humans struggle to act responsibly towards animals. Wallace argues more about how the chefs often try to justify hurting animals for their own benefit, while Jewett shows through the character of Sylvia that empathy can sometimes make us choose to protect them instead. In “Consider the Lobster” the essay describes how lobsters are boiled alive, noting that “Some cooks leave the kitchen altogether and take one of those little lightweight plastic oven timers with them into another room and…