Doctor Pep is giving a talk to a crowd of people at a conference.  He wants to leave town as the seasons change but is unable due to his leg injury. Doctor Pep goes on to talk about his friend Dr. Juliu Widig who was imprisoned during the first World War for being an anarchist. Doctor Pep tells the audience that Dr. Julius Widig worked in prison to ease the suffering of the other prisoners. Doctor Pep then begins to wonder about the nature of eating. He muses that since food requires death, and is ritualized and systematized in order to maintain life, people should be fully aware of this process and acknowledge the necessity of this death. Doctor Pep continues by stating that this appetite for death is so great that humans turn it on each other. Doctor Pep cites several examples such as human sacrifice in Mesoamerica, the Reign of Terror in revolutionary France, and Auschwitz. Doctor Pep then argues that the story of Abraham and Isaac, contrary to initial perception, is not part of this senseless indulgence of appetite; but rather, the story represents the true acknowledgement of death’s role in order to facilitate and further life, as demonstrated by Abraham’s struggle and remorse with God’s command in addition to his eventual obedience .  Doctor Pep then concludes the speech and gives the floor to his next colleague.