Atmosphere and setting - Identify explicit meaning
Take a look at the extract below from Tricia Holford's book, 'Fly Away Home'. The extract describes a pair of lions in two settings, their natural home in Africa and in captivity at a rooftop bar in Tenerife.
The two lions lay on their backs in the shade of an acacia tree, their massive paws limp and relaxed. We had been watching them for 20 minutes when the male slowly stood up, stretched, and padded over to a clearing. He began to roar. It was a deep, heart-stopping roar which echoed along the ancient African Valley. It was an announcement that he, Raffi, had arrived and it was his territory now. Slowly he turned to his mate and lay peacefully beside her. It was quiet once more.
It was a dramatic contrast to my first encounter with them on a Tenerife rooftop in 1994. That image of two thin, grubby lions pacing back and forth in their tiny cage is forever etched on my memory. The corrugated iron roof turned the cage into an oven. Without a water bowl in sight, the only features in the cage were an old rubbish bin and narrow sleeping shelves with nails sticking out. For five years Raffi and Anthea had mentally survived in these conditions – how? I never believed I would one day see them in their ancestral home.
'Fly Away Home' - Tricia Holford
Explain the differences between the two lions':
- behaviour
- home
- atmosphere
in the wild and in captivity.
Try to use quotations to support your ideas.
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