Zoo Story
When we are confronted with the word jail, we generally envision cold, hard concrete and steel bars; slits for windows that let in as little sunlight as possible and dangerous, fear-provoking criminals. These confinements are thought of places where the filth, scum and law-breaking degenerates of the world are kept. Surely, middle-class and upper class upstanding, law abiding citizens would never be categorized as prisoners. In Edward Albee’s, The Zoo Story, there appears the phrase, “…where ever better in this humiliating excuse for a jail…”(p.35). Albee asks us to think of the term jail in a different but similar context. Imagine if you would, a zoo. Animals roaming around in man-made settings that replicate their natural habitat and interacting with other creatures; however, what keeps the animals from attacking the people and/or running away from the zoo never to be seen again—bars! Like the animals of the zoo people live and hide behind bars. In essence, the world as a whole can be viewed metaphorically as a jail. This ‘jail’ we as humans live in is often of our own creation; a prison, of sorts, that our m
. . .
Some common words found in the essay are:
West Side…, Zoo Story, Amidst Jerrys, , reality jail,
Approximate Word count = 786
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
|
 |
