<human>:  What is the meaning of the title, ‘The Leopard’?
<bot>: The Leopard is a king of the leopards, a solitary and powerful animal. It is also a symbol of the aristocracy, and a metaphor for the decline of the aristocracy in Italy during the post-war era. The book is set in Sicily in the 1930s, and the main character is a Sicilian aristocrat who is forced to flee his home due to the political turmoil of the times.