'Ping, go and find the Keeper. He's the only person who can help Hanno now.' (p.38 l.5)
What do you think about this picture? When I saw this picture for the first time, I thought this book is about a scary story because a gorilla is big and looks strange. However, this is not a scary story. I read "A Stranger at Green Knowe". This is a serice in OBW2. Main characters are Ping and Hanno. Ping is a young boy and he is from China. He is a refugee who lives in England. Then, Hanno is a big gorilla. In the past, he lived with his family, but they were killed by a man. Now, he is in a zoo. One day, Ping and Hanno meet and understand their feeling because they have a similar experience. Hanno doesn't like living in a cage, so he escaped from the zoo. Ping understand Hanno's feeling, so Ping was happy that Hanno was free. On the other hand, many people are afraid of the big gorilla because it is difficult for human to live with gorilla. They look for hiim. Ping goes to Green Knowe, a old house during the holidays and lived with Mrs Oldknow. He enjoys his holidays in the forest. One day, he sees Hanno in the forest and talk with him. Hanno has two choices, to go back to zoo and live in a cage or to be found by human and killed. Both of the choises are not good for him. Which choises does he choose? Or other choises? After I read this book, I felt painful. If you are interested in the end of this story, please read it!
Your synopsis is chronological and easy to understand:) In the last part of the story, he must face one dilemma unfortunately. If I were him, I would report that the gorilla ran away from the zoo because he is also threatened to be captured and killed like his parents were. The lad should think about his friend's safety in the long run.
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