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The new boys at Rainford get the rules from Supervisor Daniels, and he makes the hierarchy clear: "you are not in charge of the zoo, we are." The speech mixes fake politeness with open contempt — he calls the violent inmates their classmates and tells them they only get respect if they give it.
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Who's In Charge of the Zoo
At the Rainford juvenile facility, Supervisor Gene Daniels addresses a group of newly arrived inmates. He introduces himself, assigns them to Dorm C — the block for critical offenders — and lists the kind of men they'll live with. Then he lays out the rules and the point system, and makes clear who runs the place.
The scene is an orientation, but it's really a display of power. Daniels never raises his voice; he just keeps telling these teenagers what they are. "Your crime is not that you got caught, but the crime itself," he says, refusing them the comfort of seeing jail as bad luck. He grants respect conditionally — "You will be treated with respect if you treat others with respect" — and then takes it back by grouping them with murderers and rapists and mocking them as "top of the class." The line "you are not in charge of the zoo, we are" is the thesis: whatever status they had outside means nothing in here. The point sheet and the bunk assignments that follow are just the system made concrete.
A1–C2 es la escala MCER. Las tarjetas por encima del nivel elegido se atenúan y la reproducción no se pausa en ellas.
“You will be treated with respect if you treat others with respect.”
A promise of respect that is really a rule dressed as fairness.
Formal
“Your crime is not that you got caught, but the crime itself.”
The not-but turn pins guilt on the act, not on bad luck.
Formal
“That means you are not in charge of the zoo, we are.”
The zoo image and the clipped we are settle the question of power.
Informal
“Just like yourselves, they've graduated top of the class.”
Praising them as top students is the coldest way to call them criminals.
Informal
“If you think you're hip, you're not.”
A snappy if-then that deflates vanity in a handful of words.
Informal
“I suggest you stay cool and follow all the rules.”
Saying suggest makes an order sound like friendly advice.
Neutral
“Have I made myself understood?”
A question that is really a demand for obedience.
Formal
Welcome to Rainford, gentlemen. My name is Gene Daniels. I'm one of your supervisors. Call me Mr. Daniels. I like that. Don't call me anything else. You've been assigned to Dorm C. That's our special circumstances dormitory for critical offenders. Your fellow inmates are murderers, armed robbers, rapists, and mental defectives. Just like yourselves, they've graduated top of the class. You will be treated with respect if you treat others with respect. I suggest you stay cool and follow all the rules. Your crime is not that you got caught, but the crime itself. Remember that. Hopefully, you will realize that what you did was wrong. Hopefully, you will never do anything like that again. This is a juvenile facility. That means you are not in charge of the zoo, we are. If you think you're hip, you're not. If you were, you wouldn't be here. Have I made myself understood?
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Capítulo 1 de 9 · quedan unos 22 min
Siguiente · 02only thing wasLa escena: New Inmates Arrive in the Cell BlockHe's setting the tone: Dorm C holds serious offenders, and the newcomers should know exactly who they're living with. It's meant to scare them into following the rules.
It's a behavior score. Inmates lose points for offenses like fighting, drugs, or running for the fence, and the tally presumably affects how they're treated. It's the facility's way of turning discipline into numbers.
It's used sarcastically. Daniels says the other inmates are murderers and robbers and that they, like the new boys, 'graduated top of the class' — meaning they're the best criminals, not good students.
He offers a rule about mutual respect, but he pairs it with mockery and threats, so the fairness is mostly on the surface. The scene suggests he sees control, not rehabilitation, as his job.
