Symbolism, Imagery, Allegory
Setting
ZootopiaZoos were once known as sanctuaries of conservation, and conservation is the main focus of the Warsaw Zoo in the 1930s. Before World War II breaks out, the zoo is, well, a zoo. It features...
What's Up With the Title?
The title makes it seem like Jan is the zookeeper and Antonina is simply is wife, as if she has little to do with the zoo or its animals. But in face, Antonina appears to be closer to the animals t...
What's Up With the Ending?
Because this is a nonfiction book, the final chapter serves as a "Where are they now?" of sorts. Well, not exactly, because the true answer to this would be "dead." So it's more like a "where did t...
Tough-o-Meter
Breaking out of a zoo is harder than the animals in Madagascar make it out to be. But breaking into a zoo? Who would want to do that? We can think of only three reasons to break into a zoo: 1) to k...