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Rahim, Sheikh Mr. SeedEnglish III, 6th period12 NOVEMBER, 2013In The menagerieIf a dwelling place is uncomfortable or people who live there do not like the place, then the house seems like a cage to them. They feel like they are in a zoo which makes a child feel like their own identity is absent. Author dungaree Stafford went through this kind of situation in her childhood. Staffords personal life was often marked by unhappiness and struggle. Her personal life had a undischarged influence in her stories. In The Zoo by Jean Stafford shows how impactful childhood is to the adult person by using symbolism and characterization. The author uses the zoo to pay a surrounded situation where people are forced to rely on others. In the zoo, animals are kept in cages for entertainment and amusement of people, that the wild animals who are born independent dont like the environment in zoo. These animals spend most of their existence trying to escape. The a uthor uses the animals in Denver zoo to represent various people from the childhood of the two sisters. In ...