A Tiger in the Zoo

Ans. ‘He’ is the Tiger.

Ans. ‘He‘ is in a cage in the zoo.

Ans. ‘He‘ is in an angry mood, as he has been caged, and cannot move around.

Ans. The poetic device used is ‘metaphor’

Ans. ‘He‘ is the Tiger.

Ans. The poet says that ‘he‘ should be in the jungle/forest/in his natural habitat.

Ans. ‘Baring his white fangs‘ means showing his sharp teeth in an attempt to frighten the villagers.

Ans. The poem is A Tiger in the Zoo and the poet is Leslie Norris.

Ans. The poet means that since the Tiger is locked in the cage, he has no freedom and therefore he cannot use his strength. He is angry and restless but proudly walks the length of his cage.

Ans. The Tiger is caged it has no freedom to roam the vast jungles. He is constrained by the space available in the cage. He is angry and restless. He suppresses his anger by proudly walking the length of his cage and ignoring the visitors who have come to see him.

Ans. Points:

The poet says that since the Tiger is caged it has no freedom to roam the vast jungles. He is constrained by the space available in the cage. He is angry and restless but proudly walks the length of his cage, ignoring the visitors who have come to see him. All he can do is stare at the brilliant stars with his brilliant eyes.
The poet contrasts this with the Tiger in the jungle, who is free, to roam the wild, sliding through long grass, and enjoying his liberty. He goes near water holes and where he can find deer. He snarls around houses at the edge of the jungle frightening the villagers by baring his fangs and his claws.

Ans. The tiger is ignoring the visitors depicts that he does not want to make eye contact with them. His eyes want to say that he is angry with humans. His act of staring at the stars shows his desire to live in the open sky.

Ans. No doubt that the poet wants to convey that it is cruel to keep the wild animals in small enclosures of the zoo, away from their natural habitat. They feel anger, helpless and unhappy and remember their life and environment in the forest.

Here, the tiger changed his natural self by controlling his natural instinctive fierce behavour inside the zoo. His freedom to growl, hunt and terrorize were snatched away from him. It touches heart and makes us empathise with the tiger when he shown helpless watching stars at night and not even being able to sleep due to blaring of sirens of patrolling cars. This shows the cruelty of man on the animals by keeping them in captivity like animals in the zoo.

Ans. The poet points out that he is stalking in a small space instead of chasing his prey in the vast forest. His quiet rage has replaced loud roars and velvety paws have substituted his sharp claws.

Ans. Tiger is a carnivorous animal and is known for its sharp and sudden attack on other animals and humans. Even after being surrounded by people he is attacking nobody. He is full of anger but his rage has turned quiet. He is no more than a showpiece or toy for entertainment. All these points show that he has lost his natural instinct due to captivity.

Ans. Please stop staring. You have no idea how much it hurts to live within this cage for 24 hours. Moreover, you and your children throw food and other objects at me. You take selfies with me without my permission. Change the places once and experience my pain and suffering and you will know yourself how much it hurts.

Ans. That’s just one-sided. Zoos are beneficial too. Firstly they provide a glimpse of the vast wildlife in a safe and secure environment. Secondly, the animals on the verge of extinction can be taken care of in a simulated environment and restored to grow their numbers. Animals get a friendly place to live after their natural habitats vanish.

Ans.

15 October 2020,

Thursday 9:00 pm

I feel so vulnerable and annoyed at my state. I don’t know if I can ever be a free denizen of the forest. I love to eat the fresh meat of a deer or cow after chasing them for hours. Frozen or stale food is not my cup of tea.
Just eating and lying idle makes me fat and chubby. But, I like to flaunt my muscular body. I am born to live in an open jungle. I am the king of a forest and I feel suffocated in this concrete cell. Why do humans interfere in our life and spoil our natural ecosystem? They should mind their own business.

The Enslaved Tiger

Ans. The two tigers have been depicted with a sharp contrast in two different poems. The main point of difference is as follows-
The poem – A tiger in the zoo – talks about the life and mental status of a tiger who is put behind bars in a cage. He is calm and helpless. He is strolling inside a limited area in his cage. He might be missing his days of freedom. He is angry with visitors at the zoo but he prefers to ignore them and does not roar or attack anyone.
Whereas the second poem – How to tell wild animals – references an Asian lion whose roar is enough to push anyone towards death. This large and tawny animal lives freely in the jungles of the East. He is looking for his prey and might not ignore the visitors in the jungle.

Ans. Freedom is an essential virtue valued by all. Not only humans but even the denizens of the forest value it. No one knows it better than a caged tiger in a zoo. Animals, particularly the animals of the wilds, feel free only in their natural habitats. Looking them in cages will be against natural justice. The tiger roams around in the jungle hunting its prey at will. He rarely kills them for sport. He knows how to ambush his prey. He also knows where he can find his favourite plump deer.

The same tiger feels depressed and low in spirits when he is put behind the bars. He stalks constantly the length of his cage in his ‘quite rage’. He sadly keeps staring at the stars in the open sky. This reminds his of his loss of freedom and intensifies his grief.

Ans. That’s just one sided. Zoos are beneficial too. Firstly, they save species from extinction and other dangers by providing natural environment to live in. They give us an interesting insight into the wildlife which otherwise won’t be possible for common people to see and watch. Secondly, it includes the conservation education and research programs that are designed to preserve and protect wild populations of animals as well as educate the public about the threats that they face. Zoos are places of interaction of humans with the wildlife not commonly available.

Ans. The tiger terrorizes the villagers by batting his big white fangs and revealing his sharp claws. He makes terrifying low snarls moving around the houses of the villagers that are situated at the edge of the forest. His mighty presence and roars scare the villagers.

Ans. The tiger makes his presence felt in the village by snarling around the houses which are at the edge of the forest. He tries to terrorize people by showing his white fangs and claws.

Ans. The tiger should snarl around the houses at the edge of the forest in order to scare the villagers so that they won’t disturb the peace of the mighty animal. Also, snarling is a natural characteristic of tiger.

Ans. According to the poet, the tiger should have been in his natural habitat, i.e., a forest. He is a mighty predator who survive by hunting his prey. He belongs to a place where he can freely move about, frightening people by deadly growls.