The caged eagle become a metaphor for all forms of isolation, the ultimate in imprisonment. A zoo is prison. (Nadine Gordimer)

The caged eagle become a metaphor for all forms of isolation, the ultimate in imprisonment. A zoo is prison.

Nadine Gordimer

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