Richardson And The Wolf Analysis

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Lions have become completely deranged. These savages have been eating any human being in sight, but one man is an exception to this. An article called, ¨Meet the Lion Whisperer¨ by Susan Orlean in Scope Scholastics magazine mainly focuses on the fact that Kevin Richardson is very affectionate towards and the lions are the same way to him. The overall mood, or how the reader feels that is created by this article is shocked because Richardson and the lions relationship is extraordinary. To begin, the tone of the section, ¨Human Shaped Lion¨ is suspenseful. First of all, the article states, ¨The male lion began gnawing on Richardson´s head¨ (Orlean 20). This impacts the mood because the lion biting Richardson´s head is unexpected as a result

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