The claim Wallace makes is that it lobsters shouldn't be boiled alive. They should be boiled alive because they "scream" when they are cooked. I think his point is that there should be a better way to cook lobster.
Although the essay seems to start off as being about the lobster festival it quickly becomes more about the moral issue of cooking the lobster. People don't think about what the lobster feels when they cook it since they are usually more concerned about their dinner. When a lobster is cooked it is usually boiled alive. The lobster will scratch at the pot and scream as it dies and the question Wallace brings is whether or not that is the humane way to cook the lobster.
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