The Lion's Perspective
First Thoughts: At first glance, this quote might not look like much. However, the more I tried to understand it, the more layers there were to the proverb. Themes: I think the main themes this proverb highlights are perspective and miscommunication . Perspective: While growing up, I often read comics strips where a hunter would go and slay the lion which was terrorizing a village, and return home to a hero's welcome. In these stories, the lion would be portrayed as an evil, mindless beast, who killed humans for fun, while the hunter was the savior sent straight from the heavens. Now that I think about it, the hunter probably told many fabricated and exaggerated tales about how dangerous his adventure was, or how vicious the lion was. The villagers would blindly believe him and celebrate the lion's death. It might sound ridiculous but it reminds me of the many stories I've read where a single, innocent person is cornered and victimized for something which isn...