The Zookeeper's Wife By Diane Ackerman

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Diane Ackerman's "The Zookeeper's Wife" was a beautifully written text about a wife and husband, Antonia and Jan, who owned a zoo in Poland during the Holocaust. The text explains Antonia’s relationship with the animals, which is not just a normal relationship. As Antonia surrounds herself with something that she loves to do and has a passion for, Imagery shows the effect of the different descriptions that Antonia gives in the passage. Antonia has a very different and special image of animals than somebody who is just observing the zoo, which would have caused her to be different. "She envied their ancient, finely tuned senses; a human gifted with those ordinary talents, Westerners would call a sorcerer," Antonia says. (lines 50-52)