While Rainer Maria Rilke was living in Paris at the beginning of the twentieth century, he worked for Auguste Rodin, a famous French sculptor. In 1905, <u>Rilke needed help to boost his creativity; therefore, he asked for Rodin's advice, who told him to go to the zoo</u> in order for him to observe whatever was happening there. Moreover,<u> the sculptor advised Rilke to choose an animal from the zoo and to observe it for a long time without thinking about something to write</u>.
