Personal Narrative: My Trip To Los Angeles Zoo

The fall season this year is much hotter than any other years, but the weather did not keep me from packing my lunches and camera for my trip to the Los Angeles Zoo. Since I took all my courage to take this chance and request one day off from work, I had high expectation for this trip. I prepared the lunches on Sunday night so that it would lessen the time for preparation on Monday, the actual date. Departing at 9 o'clock in the morning, it took about one-hour driving and half an hour parking until I get to stand in front of the entrance with the sign saying "LOS ANGELES ZOO." My friend must have been a little tired of dealing with my craziness over the idea of getting away from the city's loudness, but to me, it is like an adventure. The long …show more content…
I still remember my trip to Arizona during summer, when I was able to witness a hawk flying high in the sky with it beautiful wings. However, as I got another chance to see another one up close in front of my eyes in California, it was standing quietly on a branch. Los Angeles Zoo, or any other zoos, is designed as an enjoyable place for the animal lover, but one of the priorities is to guarantee safety to visitors and also to protect the animals. The hawk I seen in the Arizona's sky is what took me out of my daily life, not the displayed Hawk in Los Angeles Zoo. In "The Audacity of Creation" French said that Hawks have known for their hunting skill as teams, but "now their dark eyes shined as they waited for someone to bring them another offering from a nearby freezer full of rodents." It might be entertaining to visitors looking at Hawks behind the protected area and how the animals got fed by their keeper, but it is not how Hawks should be. The idea of "wild animal" no longer need for hunting, but having food serve to their mouth, has crushed the meaning of being in nature, or the idea of being outside our daily