Topic 13 - Shared knowledge and absurdist drama (Session B) > Zoo Story > Task a > answer

Zoo story

Our answer

First of all, Jerry seems rather ‘forward’ for someone who has only just met the person he is talking to, asking questions about rather personal topic areas. Secondly, he seems to make a point of spelling out things which Jerry (and we??) probably assumes too. The result is that Jerry seems rather odd and Peter appears to find his behaviour rather threatening. Indeed, Jerry’s assumptions and behaviour seem so at odds with what we normally expect that you might even have wondered if he has escaped from a mental asylum.

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