3/23 Spring Break Post

Over Spring Break I attended the Henry Doorly Zoo in Omaha. I haven't been to the zoo for a very long time and it was different to see how alike most of the animals interact with each other a lot like humans do. Most of all, the monkeys and gorillas "play" with each other a lot like a human would interact with another human. The two gorillas in the cage helped one another by cleaning them and playing with them. The two kinds of animals were very helpful to each other. The monkeys helped the little ones clean themselves, help them up the trees, be motherly, and show their little monkeys where the water and food is. It was neat seeing them all acting like we would to our kids or how our parents would take care of us.

Wendell Berry Response

I enjoyed reading this poem. The overall message I got from it was basically live your life to the fullest, and do things you would never dream of doing in your normal life. He talks about doing things to please others, not just yourself. What I got out of it was to do something spontaneous, something nobody would see coming. He makes it all seem so easy and so surreal. The poem was very real and inspiring to me.