The zoo story essay
Yanson Filpo
Instructor: M. Shane Breaux
ENG 102
November 7, 2013
The Zoo Story
Edward Albee’s play the Zoo Story is about the misunderstanding among two characters and . Through the play we learn about two different characters Peter and Jerry. Peter is a family man from the Upper class, who spends every Sunday afternoon reading a on a bench, feels like a caged domesticated animal that lives in a in a cage. Jerry from the lower class, lives in a room house, acts a wild animal, loner, and miserable. The play leads us to see in all of us threw Peter, a domesticated animal that was manipulated by Jerry, turning into a wild animal. The diversity between both characters and different personalities. Towards the end the playwright illustration the changes of the play, describing how Peter’s manhood was insulted by Jerry and now he is forced to fight for his bench and transforming from domesticated to a wild animal. The play leads us to see Peter as domesticated animal. Peter lives with a large household that includes his wife, two daughters, two parakeets, and two cats. Peter sits in a secluded that bench every Sunday that nobody is ever on, so he could have the bench all to himself (1038). These actions describe the method of Peter escaping from society and sitting on the bench for relaxation and peace of mind. Peter’s home is crowded like a zoo and him feel like a caged animal. Peter is an example of how society makes him feel like a domesticated animal. The play describes diversity between Jerry and Peter. Jerry a loner, dead parents, his only love was when he was fifteen years old to a geek boy (1032), lives in a small room with walls made of beaverboard, which are stiff sheeting made of wood fiber used in a building (1030), barley talks to anybody, but every once in a while he talks to somebody, and gets to know all about them (1029). Jerry’s living condition and past have has transformed him into a wild animal. As evidence, Jerry
Instructor: M. Shane Breaux
ENG 102
November 7, 2013
The Zoo Story
Edward Albee’s play the Zoo Story is about the misunderstanding among two characters and . Through the play we learn about two different characters Peter and Jerry. Peter is a family man from the Upper class, who spends every Sunday afternoon reading a on a bench, feels like a caged domesticated animal that lives in a in a cage. Jerry from the lower class, lives in a room house, acts a wild animal, loner, and miserable. The play leads us to see in all of us threw Peter, a domesticated animal that was manipulated by Jerry, turning into a wild animal. The diversity between both characters and different personalities. Towards the end the playwright illustration the changes of the play, describing how Peter’s manhood was insulted by Jerry and now he is forced to fight for his bench and transforming from domesticated to a wild animal. The play leads us to see Peter as domesticated animal. Peter lives with a large household that includes his wife, two daughters, two parakeets, and two cats. Peter sits in a secluded that bench every Sunday that nobody is ever on, so he could have the bench all to himself (1038). These actions describe the method of Peter escaping from society and sitting on the bench for relaxation and peace of mind. Peter’s home is crowded like a zoo and him feel like a caged animal. Peter is an example of how society makes him feel like a domesticated animal. The play describes diversity between Jerry and Peter. Jerry a loner, dead parents, his only love was when he was fifteen years old to a geek boy (1032), lives in a small room with walls made of beaverboard, which are stiff sheeting made of wood fiber used in a building (1030), barley talks to anybody, but every once in a while he talks to somebody, and gets to know all about them (1029). Jerry’s living condition and past have has transformed him into a wild animal. As evidence, Jerry
Cited: Albee, Edward “ The Zoo Story”. Patrick and Harvey Picher. Literature: Crafts and Voice. Ed. Nicholas Delbanco and Alan Cheuse. 2nd ed. New York: McGraw, 2013. 1027-1041. Print