4/17

Lion- very large animal in the feline family; fierce predator; has a mane; golden brown fur; large, sharp teeth and claws; loud roar

lioness- female lion; not as large; lacks a mane, but still has golden colored fur; paws and claws; still very fierce animal

I did not get this impression from the story. In fact, I thought that even though the woma was getting rid of each animal's names, she was still stereotyping each animal by describing the different ways the groups reacted. The person who wrote this response felt it was good that she was taking away their names because it took away the stereotypes, when I don't think it did this at all.

I did get from the story that Eve (although I wasn't sure it was Eve) wanted to feel closer and as one with the animals, and that she acheieved this by removing their names as well as her own. She was somewhat successful in making a point that names are often just labels or stereotypes, however, I do not agree with how the author of this story sees names. I think giving a more endearing pet name to an animal actually makes it a more intimate, personal relationship, I don't think it takes away from the "metaphysical" nature of the real name.