Through the theme of morality and critical thinking, the short story We Ate the Children Last manages to convey an important message regarding how society should be run. In the story, the French government, as well as France’s entire population approves a surgery that miraculously makes anyone’s life infinitely better. In the text, the narrator mentions: “[…] regulatory approval came swiftly” (Yann Martel 31). This makes it seem like the approval was rather rushed. However, it is discovered that this surgery turns people into cannibals; violent suppression against the people who have gotten…