The One and Only Ivan 3/4
Summary p148-225, Discussion Questions, Writing Prompt, Learning Activity
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Summary
Through Stella and especially Ruby, Ivan has pieced back the memories of his life before captivity. It’s so heartbreaking to hear his story and understandable that he had to suppress those memories to survive. What this demonstrates are how powerful stories are. Sometimes they are so powerful you have to forget. Like waking from a nightmare and wanting all those images to be erased from your mind. Other times, the power of a story can motivate you toward something better. In the case of Ivan it inspired a plan to save a helpless elephant and maybe even himself.
In this section Mack starts to use force to train Ruby. Julia who is thoughtful and observant starts to better interpret the situation as something more sinister than she thought. But what can she do? What can Ivan do?
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