The Zoo Story by Edward Albee Essay

There are some moments in this world that bring out the best in people. Unfortunately, it is usually in times of danger and distress that people show their true heroism. In the novel The Zookeeper’s Wife two zookeepers, Jan and Antonina rescue the lives of hundreds of Jews on the run from the Nazis. Jan and Antonina risk not only their lives, but also the lives of their family to help those in need, but hiding Jews in the empty zoo animal cages. Diane Ackerman, the author of the novel, brings this family back to life and tells the heroic story that this world needs to hear. Even throughout the bloodiest times in history, there are true moments of peace and hope.

At one point she separates the pattern from the color and says, “the color is hideous enough, and unreliable enough, and infuriating enough, but the pattern is torturing” (587). When referencing her illness, she calls it her “nervous condition”, “nervousness”, or her “nervous weakness” and the color yellow is said to produce anxiety (581,582,585). Some of the other meanings of the color that relate back to her illness, include sickness, fear, emotional fragility, and madness. The color yellow is also known to be seen as childish by men and in the story John talks down to his wife about her illness saying, “I beg of you… that you will never for one instant let that idea enter your mind!... It is a false and foolish fancy” (586) At one point the wife portrays the color yellow as a smell, “In this damp weather it is awful, I wake up in the night and find it hanging over me… A yellow smell”, and frequently depression and anxiety are referenced as an overshadowing cloud

She expressed this by the use of colors, such as black and white from the brighter colors, which added more depth to the story. The colors black and white represented the bad times in life, and the brighter colors meant for the happy times. Living in a black and white world meant that you were always looking for the brighter days in life. One example of this from the story is when Johnny is dying and he says, “Stay gold, Ponyboy. Stay gold…” (Hinton 148) Johnny had realized that he and his gang were living in a black and white world filled with horrible times. He tells Ponyboy to stay gold, which meant for him to strive to be the light in a very dark world. Throughout the story, Ponyboy is often caught looking for the brighter times in life. “When I stepped out into the bright sunlight from the darkness of the movie house, I had only two things on my mind: Paul Newman and a ride home. (Hinton 1) Not only is Ponyboy often looking towards the brighter side of thing, his brother Sodapop is as well. Ponyboy describes Soda as being “happy-go-lucky and grinning.” Ponyboy loves this aspect of his brother, and wishes his brother Darry was more like him. But, Ponyboy thinks of all Darry has been through and the sacrifices he makes for his brothers on a daily

Individuals perpetuate false personas to such an extent that they are convinced into a state of false consciousness of reaching the American dream, ultimately, this facade leads them to their downfall, exposing repressed reality from idealistic lies. In The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald utilizes symbols to describe the hollow nature of each character’s deceitful persona, which comes to show the ultimate theme of downfall through the individual’s perception of the American dream. The use of gold as a mask for the colour yellow represents authentic wealth versus fake wealth, further developed though Jay Gatsby’s pursuance of the American dream. The colour white known for is purity and simplicity is denoted by Daisy

Not to mention that Daisy is seen as a beautiful, innocent, pure idol like figure with a luxurious and materialistic life.The perception of Daisy's character can be seen through imagery; " ..the last sunshine fell with romantic affection upon her glowing face; her voice compelled me forward breathlessly as I listened - then the glow faded, each light deserting her with lingering regret, like children leaving a pleasant street at dusk." ( Fitzgerald 15) this shows how Daisy is looked at by other characters in the book. Likewise, a daisy represents the symbolism between the colours white and yellow; White represents purity and innocence while yellow represents corruption. This gives insight into the dynamics of Daisy's character and what she is really like instead of how she is seen to

Daisy, a main character in the book The Great Gatsby is considered a “exploiter“. Somebody who is an exploiter marries a “lover’’ for their wealth so they can leech off their riches. Daisy leeched off Tom and Gatsby’s wealth by abusing their love for her. The color yellow, the color of Daisy’s hair can represent destructive power or death. The color yellow represents death because Daisy led on Gatsby which eventually led to his death , he died chasing his unreachable dream , Daisy. Daisy had previous a relationship with Gatsby , but was lured in the Toms wealth. Toms wealth also made Daisy’s parents approve of him as a suitable husband. Daisy truly did not love Tom , nor did she love Gatsby , but in the book she “played” them both

In literature often authors use color to help the reader understand the character on a deeper level. Colors create comparisons and add emphasis to the personality of the character. Fitzgerald used color as a form of characterization to establish the social class and personalities of Myrtle and Daisy in his work The Great Gatsby. Myrtle is the wife of George Wilson, who is an auto mechanic. They do not have a lot of money and Myrtle is extremely unhappy.

The Zookeeper’s Wife is an amazing war story. The 5 artifacts that I am going to be talking about are the most importent to me. The actifacts that I will talk about are Jew stars, zoo animals, piano, nazi sign, and a pig farm. These artifacts are the main part of the story and they also tie in so well.

The El Paso Zoo is a well-known for making everyone’s arrival one to remember. Each time I would go to the zoo, I always leave with a smile on my face because of the great service they bring towards El Paso. The reason why I decided to write about the zoo is because I was once a worker there. It is marvelous seeing all of those magnificent animals. They must be at least twenty different types of species we have in El Paso. Which is totally awesome.

The majority of the imagery consists of color and the way that it connects to the speakers family. When the narrator says, “Six Van Dyke Brown squares, two white ones, and one square of the yellowbrown of Mama’s cheeks,” she is not only referring to the literal colors within the quilt, but she is also referring to her family’s ethnicities. She is insinuating that her family consists of a variety of races and that the quilt incorporates all of the diverse heritages within the family. Another way in which color is used as imagery is when the speaker says, “...among her yellow sisters, their grandfather’s white family nodding at them when they met.” The poet is stating that even though her ancestors were of different ethnicities, they were able to connect and continue to expand the family.

F. Scott Fitzgerald weaves white and yellow to present a contrast between Daisy 's purity and her actual corruption by materialism.

Throughout the novel the importance placed on colors begin to reveal more about specific characters and their personalities. When Nick first visits Daisy and Tom’s house he describes it as "bright" (Fitzgerald 12) and with windows that are "gleaming white against the grass" (Fitzgerald 12). The color white becomes traditionally associated with purity and innocence which is often used to describe Daisy. However as time progresses, the white dresses Jordan and Daisy often wore, slowly change to yellow as their moral flaws are revealed. Green, a color often associated throughout the novel, to the green light, symbolizes an unhappiness with the present and a desperation for the future, an attitude present throughout the idea of the American dream.

That would be good for people, because there are a lot of things we can't do that animals can. We could use their help.”( Grandin) I don't know where humans, or life in general would be without the help of animals. They help us through hard times, the can teach us life lessons and, they can be trained as service dogs to help others in need. Though sometimes we doubt them, if we learn to accept that humans aren't “all that” and animals can do things too, the society would be all around a better place.

Gaiman opens with a short background on how the Queen attained her royal status. Through her narration, we learn that she had been just an average village girl when the King swept through her town and took his “king’s right”. Quite early on Gaiman begins this analysis on the inequality that exists between men and women. The Queen never questions the King when he takes what he believes to be his, in this case the Queen’s innocence. Gaiman establishes the Queen as a relatable character because of her average beginnings. Because of this it will be much easier for the reader to sympathize for her alter in the story. The reader is naturally more inclined to

The first obvious theme that can be seen is the question of absurdity vs. reality. Is it real? Is it meant to be absurd? The answer to both these questions is YES! Parts of it are meant to appear real such as the commonplace scenario where the play opens, while other parts are meant to come of as absurd like Jerry's juvenile frantic screaming about visiting the zoo. This is all part of the beauty, which Albee is trying to portray in his new kind of drama. The audience is supposed to be enraptured by the one-dimensional nature of the plot, yet there is a deeper complexity that is actually brewing underneath it. First of all, it takes place in a very realistic setting, New York City, Central Park, a bench (3). Two men just talking, there is nothing "absurd" about this. Even Jerry's comments and curiosity about Peter's life can be seen as somewhat realistic. Jerry is just a poor lonely man who is so isolated in his own hell that he reaches out to the first person he finds, Peter. At first, it is hard to make a judgment on Jerry because after his first random outburst about the zoo he calms down and starts making somewhat normal conversation with Peter. However, we are snapped back to believe that something may be a little off in Jerry, he may be more than just a lonely man when he makes comments such as "[t]hat's too bad. If they did you could set them