05.08 posting

This selection of the chapter is of Christian’s fame. As more famous people came to see Christian, he became more famous too. Christian’s best friend Unity was introduced. She was an actress who had a lioness some point in her life. While filming a movie in Rome Unity bought a lioness from the Rome Zoo, she named her Lola. Unity could no longer keep Lola, so they became apart from each other. Unity came to visit Christian every afternoon at the shop to play and enjoy his company. But Unity was no fool; she always came prepared with a thick coat, and a hat for protection. Christian respected Unity a lot; she always made sure she had control of situations, and if Christian was not cooperating she would stop playing with him until he did. Christian’s popularity grew when he was asked to be on Magpie, a children’s magazine program. The media always tried to portray Christian as a ferocious lion, John and Ace had to stop this.


While reading this; I was shocked by how well Unity handled Christian, and how obedient he was to her. She handled herself well and maintained control of all situations just as John and Ace did. When the media tried to portray Christian as a ferocious lion by taking pictures of his teeth and mouth wide open most of the time, it made me think of how the media manipulates the perceptions of the public. If I didn’t know Christian I would have thought he was a man eating lion and very aggressive, but he is not.


The author uses chronological order, he tells of events in the order that they happened.