![]() ![]() "I'm not going to hurt her, I just want to get her attention." Mack, p.152 ![]() Though his memory involves painful images of his dead family, it also contains beautiful images of his vivid natural environment. This passage is significant because Ivan must access his memories in order to reclaim his identity as a proud silverback gorilla. In this passage, Ivan finally moves past his repression and recounts his memories of his early life. "I was born in a place humans call central Africa, in a dense rainforest so beautiful, no crayons could ever do it justice." Ivan, p.123 This quote is significant because shows Ivan accessing a small portion of his memory for the first time. He recalls drawing on his mother’s back with damp mud when he lived with his family in the wild, drawing inspiration from his environment. Though Ivan represses most of his memories, Ivan realizes that he always had an artist’s eye, even as a child. “I think I’ve always been an artist.” Ivan, p.19 ![]()
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