On the Ethical Consideration in Three Lives

Gertrude Stein is regarded as an avant-garde writer of the 20th century modern literary history, not only because of her innovative writing styles but also because of her aesthetic, philosophical and ethical thoughts beneath the surface of her works. From the narration "It was a very happy family there all together in the kitchen, the good Anna and Sally and old Baby and young Peter and jolly little Rags", in Three Lives, Gertrude Stein combined these factors perfectly. From the equal perspective narration, Stein displays that one human being is as important as another human being, and that animals have the same intrinsic, real dignity and worth as human beings do so that they deserve the same moral consideration as "subject-of a-life".