What would it be like to see interplanetary animals? In this story we meet a horse-spider. They are an exotic animal also known as the people of Kaan. The kids of all areas in the world act extremely good around august. The kids act like that because Professor Hugo’s interplanetary zoo comes around once a year. Every time he brings new exotic animals. Everything is fine for the people of Kaan until the ship comes. The romantic plotline and symbolism together with the unrealisticness of this story teach us the moral lesson of being able to escape everyday life and just wander off.
The plotline of the story perfectly fits that of romantic literature. In the beginning there was a minor conflict when the horse –spiders left their home planet and the people that stayed behind were sad and lonely for quite a while. Yet on the other hand the ones that left didn’t think about the others and how they would feel. Next the last thing in the story is life symbolism. The life symbolism is when all of the horse-spiders return home because all of the families are reunited.
In addition to the plotline fitting the romantic mode of literature, so does the symbolism found in the story. In the beginning there are strange creatures and a space ship which should tell you that this story is highly unrealistic. Then there were so many people that loved the odd and exotic animals. You can’t even travel so far so fast to get to the exotic animals. Then a small town outside of Chicago can be romantic.
Finally, in the story “Zoo” Professor Hugo can do no wrong by bringing people pleasure. The animals are better that what we imagine. The main characteristic is that it is a fantasy type vision because you wouldn’t see these animals anytime in your life time. Finally things seem better than they really are because Professor Hugo traveled three planets away in 2 months and it takes an Astronaut more than that to get to the moon.
The story “Zoo” portrays a happy city full of kids and parents, finding new and exciting opportunities through Professor Hugo. Through the use of symbolism the author lets us as readers identify with the troubles that the real world brings and how we have to work together with people or intergalactic beings to escape our minds and go dream once and a while. When there is life symbolism, the romantic cycle is complete and the reader experiences happiness and gratitude for those beings involved.
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