View Single Post
Old 01-25-2011, 07:00 PM   #67
Collector
Senior Member
 
Collector's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2007
Posts: 775
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Fien View Post
I wondered about the meaning of the Chapter One title: There's a lion in the street. Should that be taken more or less literally, in the light of the strange things happening at the end of the chapter? It could also refer to the lazy man in the Bible (Proverbs) who claims there's a lion in the street, so he doesn't have to do anything.
Another interpretation that I have heard of this is inaction due to fear of the unknown rather than laziness.
Collector is offline