Jerry’s Problems In Edward Albee’s The Zoo Story, Jerry has trouble distinguishing between emotions of love and anger, because of his unhappy childhood. This is shown repeatedly throughout the story in both is words and actions. His inability to organize his feelings is what ultimately causes his own death. When Jerry tells the story of the dog, he says he first fed the dog hamburgers in order to gain its trust, and allow …showed first 75 words of 610 total…

…showed last 75 words of 610 total…feeding of the dog was showing love. If he doesn’t understand the emotions behind his own actions when dealing with animals, it will be difficult for him to apply them to human interaction. Jerry has problems connecting to others people, resulting from an unhappy childhood. Because of his mixed up emotions, he misunderstands the ideas of love and hate. It is this confusion that ultimately causes his fight with Peter and his own death.