Who and what am I? As people navigate the world, they constantly ask themselves these fundamental questions, striving to discover their own identity.
Moreover, everyone wants to be recognized as a meaningful presence in the society they belong to. The protagonist of "Lafcadio, the Lion Who Shot Backwards" was originally a young lion living in the jungle.
One day, a young lion comes to the big city, forgetting that he is a lion, just because he wants to eat marshmallows.
And under the name of the great marksman, Lafcadio, he gradually becomes more and more human.
Now there is no longer any way to walk around with your tail hanging behind you.
But while you may be able to hide your tail, it will never disappear forever.


In the end, Lafcadio sets out alone, alone, to face the fundamental question of whether he is a 'lion' or a 'human'.
In "Lafcadio, the Lion Who Shot Backwards," Shel Silverstein displays his signature wit and imaginative wit while simultaneously posing a fundamental question about his own identity to readers.
As we have seen in other works, Shel Silverstein's imagination does not only produce blind fun and laughter.
Following his imagination, he finds himself thinking about true life and existence.
Isn't this precisely why Shel Silverstein's works so captivate readers?