Vegetarian

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“Now, why would you do that?” she asked her granddaughter, wondering if the girl had been influenced by mob psychology, peer pressure, or was merely inflicted by a temporary, ephemeral insanity.2

“I just…” the girl mused, attempting to organize her chaotic thoughts into some semblance of rationality, “I don’t understand what gives us the right to kill other animals, nevermind one another. I mean,” she continued, frowning as she attempted to articulate what made so much sense contained within the sanctuary of her mind, “we’re not God, and even if we were… even if we are His representatives, the governors of the earth, it doesn’t matter, does it? Because God doesn’t kill, or at least plenty of religions think that he gives us free will, refrains from controlling, or more importantly, killing us. So,” the girl questioned, desperate for some reassurance, heavenly or earthly, that she was not completely erroneous in her reasoning, that she had begun to unravel the suffocating coils of confusion from this gloriously oppressive universe, “why should we kill when our creator does not? We can do anything… but should we?”3

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This is just something I felt the need to write. This summer, when I have more time, I'd like to implant it into a real story, but for now it'd be great if you commented on this short piece. Thanks =)

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  • Alice Cambridge
    May 13

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    This is so awesome. I, myself, am a vegetarian and have often thought about how to explain the reasoning behind my decision to others. This explains my feelings brilliantly. I really relate to your character.

    I am very interested to see how you would implant this in a story. If I were to do so, I would maybe have it be in the past when almost no one is a vegetarian, and the idea is new to people.

    I also love your style of writing. Wonderful word-choice.

    Good work!


    • travis34dietC
      May 14
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      Thanks! I'm glad you can relate (I was scared this wouldn't make sense to anyone else). I recently decided to be a vegetarian and have been struggling to describe why to others.. so I tried to make sense of it by writing =)

      Also, thanks for the story idea! Really interesting.


  • Emelite
    May 13

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    hmm i think about this kind of stuff but it takes too much effort to think alot about it and then write it down. seems like u dont have the same problem as me=P very profound and true actually. interested to know how you will implant this into another story(:

    • travis34dietC
      May 14
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      Thanks! I know what you mean. I used to avoid writing about some topics being doing so involved way too much thinking =)