Jerry made a conscious choice of wanting to end his life, while Peter, a man that chose to act as the “guinea pig” and stayed and listened to Jerry’s story, made a conscious choice of picking up same knife that killed Jerry. Although it was Peter who held the knife that killed Jerry, it was Jerry who took the responsibility to - despite great effort and pain – “wipe the knife handle clean of fingerprints” to allow no trace of the murderer. However, although Peter escaped wi

Both Peter and Jerry had to accept that the world they lived in was a hostile universe. Peter led his life playing by the rules while Jerry decided to accept the cruelties of life the way they were. Peter found that to live in this hostile world, it was better to conform with society and, as Jerry accused him, “make sense out of things and bring order.” Both the men’s acceptance, however, led to the isolation of the individual, where Jerry felt alone not by choice, while Peter, even though he lived according to the rules of society, still managed to isolate himself because he lived in a household of females. He achieved his sense of satisfaction with the world by coming to the same part of the park to read. “I’ve come here for years; I have hours of great pleasure, great satisfaction. And that’s important to a man.”

The Zoo Story was also a classic example of the I-thou relationship. The I-thou relationship is only experienced in rare moments, and in the Zoo story, there were two. In one case, it was the incident with Jerry and the dog. Jerry and the dog shared a solitary moment in which the only thing that mattered in the world was

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