The Zoo Story Group

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preciouslola2
preciouslola2
Student
High School - 12th Grade

Absurdity and Reality-  what is the significance of the props associated with eash charcter: jerry'sknife and peter"s book?

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Posted by preciouslola2 on Sunday May 11, 2008 at 6:36 PM and tagged with the zoo story, themes.

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  1. matthewxavier
    matthewxavier Student
    High School - 12th Grade

    I'm not sure what your asking with the absurdity and reality prefix but in terms of The Zoo Story, the book is a representation of Peter's disassociation with reality (i.e. he lives in his perfect world, everything is routine, etc) however you'd be hard pressed to properly analyse that as I think it is a minor symbol. The knife is merely a plot point - a way for Jerry to allow Peter to reveal his primal nature. 

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    Posted by matthewxavier on Tuesday May 27, 2008 at 5:40 AM