PPT - Poem: A Tiger in the Zoo

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Have you ever thought how selfish we are as human beings? Just look at their eyes. Do we have the right to restrict other creatures' freedom like 
this?
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Have you ever thought how selfish we are as human beings? Just look at their eyes. Do we have the right to restrict other creatures' freedom like 
this? Just Think… • Throughout the world, countless thousands of animals and 
birds are kept in appalling conditions in zoos, circuses and 
private ownership.  Even in modern zoos lions, tigers and 
other big cats repeatedly pace, frustrated because their 
hunting and territorial instincts are denied. • At present, wild tigers are in crisis and the main threat is 
human activity, while captive animals are exploited in zoos 
and circuses.  In the wild, less than 5,000 tigers remain.  The 
largest population is in India but less than 1,500 survive 
there.  Threats include habitat loss due to mining, damns, 
logging, farming and human settlement; poaching for 
medicinal and other purposes. 
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Have you ever thought how selfish we are as human beings? Just look at their eyes. Do we have the right to restrict other creatures' freedom like 
this? Just Think… • Throughout the world, countless thousands of animals and 
birds are kept in appalling conditions in zoos, circuses and 
private ownership.  Even in modern zoos lions, tigers and 
other big cats repeatedly pace, frustrated because their 
hunting and territorial instincts are denied. • At present, wild tigers are in crisis and the main threat is 
human activity, while captive animals are exploited in zoos 
and circuses.  In the wild, less than 5,000 tigers remain.  The 
largest population is in India but less than 1,500 survive 
there.  Threats include habitat loss due to mining, damns, 
logging, farming and human settlement; poaching for 
medicinal and other purposes. A TIGER IN THE ZOO BY LESLIE NORRIS
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Have you ever thought how selfish we are as human beings? Just look at their eyes. Do we have the right to restrict other creatures' freedom like 
this? Just Think… • Throughout the world, countless thousands of animals and 
birds are kept in appalling conditions in zoos, circuses and 
private ownership.  Even in modern zoos lions, tigers and 
other big cats repeatedly pace, frustrated because their 
hunting and territorial instincts are denied. • At present, wild tigers are in crisis and the main threat is 
human activity, while captive animals are exploited in zoos 
and circuses.  In the wild, less than 5,000 tigers remain.  The 
largest population is in India but less than 1,500 survive 
there.  Threats include habitat loss due to mining, damns, 
logging, farming and human settlement; poaching for 
medicinal and other purposes. A TIGER IN THE ZOO BY LESLIE NORRIS • Publications : Finding Gold (1967), The Loud Winder (1967), Phoenix Living, 
Poets series: Ransoms (1970), Mountains, Polecats, Pheasants (1974), Sliding (1978), 
The Girl from Cardigan (1988), Norris's Ark (1988), The Collected Poems (1996), 
Collected Stories of Leslie Norris (1996), Holy Places (1998), A Tiger in the Zoo (1938). •In addition to poems and short stories, Norris published translation, biographies, and 
reviews. •His personal works deal with such themes as his Welsh home, his past, especially the 
pre-war period, his experiences as a teacher, nature, and the life of the instinct. •He won many prizes, among them the Cholmondeley Poetry Prize, the David Higham 
Memorial Prize, the Katherine Mansfield Memorial Award, the A.M.L. Award for poetry (in 
1996) and the Welsh Arts Council Senior Fiction Award. •Leslie died on April 6, 2006 in Provo, USA. ABOUT THE POET •George Leslie Norris (May 21, 1921 –April 6, 2006)born in 
Merthyr Tydfil, South Wales, was a prize-winning poet and 
short story writer. •Up to 1974, he earned his living as a college lecturer, teacher 
and headmaster. From 1974, he combined full-time writing 
with residencies at academic institutions in Britain and the 
United States. • Today he is considered one of the most important  writers of 
the post-war period.
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Have you ever thought how selfish we are as human beings? Just look at their eyes. Do we have the right to restrict other creatures' freedom like 
this? Just Think… • Throughout the world, countless thousands of animals and 
birds are kept in appalling conditions in zoos, circuses and 
private ownership.  Even in modern zoos lions, tigers and 
other big cats repeatedly pace, frustrated because their 
hunting and territorial instincts are denied. • At present, wild tigers are in crisis and the main threat is 
human activity, while captive animals are exploited in zoos 
and circuses.  In the wild, less than 5,000 tigers remain.  The 
largest population is in India but less than 1,500 survive 
there.  Threats include habitat loss due to mining, damns, 
logging, farming and human settlement; poaching for 
medicinal and other purposes. A TIGER IN THE ZOO BY LESLIE NORRIS • Publications : Finding Gold (1967), The Loud Winder (1967), Phoenix Living, 
Poets series: Ransoms (1970), Mountains, Polecats, Pheasants (1974), Sliding (1978), 
The Girl from Cardigan (1988), Norris's Ark (1988), The Collected Poems (1996), 
Collected Stories of Leslie Norris (1996), Holy Places (1998), A Tiger in the Zoo (1938). •In addition to poems and short stories, Norris published translation, biographies, and 
reviews. •His personal works deal with such themes as his Welsh home, his past, especially the 
pre-war period, his experiences as a teacher, nature, and the life of the instinct. •He won many prizes, among them the Cholmondeley Poetry Prize, the David Higham 
Memorial Prize, the Katherine Mansfield Memorial Award, the A.M.L. Award for poetry (in 
1996) and the Welsh Arts Council Senior Fiction Award. •Leslie died on April 6, 2006 in Provo, USA. ABOUT THE POET •George Leslie Norris (May 21, 1921 –April 6, 2006)born in 
Merthyr Tydfil, South Wales, was a prize-winning poet and 
short story writer. •Up to 1974, he earned his living as a college lecturer, teacher 
and headmaster. From 1974, he combined full-time writing 
with residencies at academic institutions in Britain and the 
United States. • Today he is considered one of the most important  writers of 
the post-war period. •The Poem Contrasts a tiger in the zoo with the tiger in its natural habitat. The poem 
moves from the zoo to the jungle, and back again to the zoo. The poet wants to depict 
the difference between the two environments. • It depict the mental condition of a caged tiger. • He compares the life of a tiger in the zoo with its life in its natural habitat. •The poet conveys an important message that the wild animals should be in their natural 
habitat. •In the poem, he heightens the contrast between freedom and captivity. He, very 
impressively, shows us how love for freedom is the natural instinct of every living being. THEME