Sara Gruen's Ape House

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Ape house by Sara Gruen is a unique book that incorporates humor with fictional events, based on real research. Originally published in 2010, Ape house is “a tale that’s full of heart, hope, and compelling questions about who we really are” (Redbook). Apes capable of communication don’t fail to entertain. When the bonobo apes are in danger, two very different characters unite to save them.

Isabel Duncan has always had a deeper connection to her bonobo family, a group of apes that can understand English and communicate through American Sign Language. John Thigpen is a married reporter that is in a battle to get an amazing story about the sentient apes. The initial accident happens when the Great Ape Language Lab, home of the bonobos, is bombed (presumably by animal rights enthusiasts). Many suffer because of this; The apes are put in danger, John is put out of work, and Isabel, severely …show more content…

This simply means that a communities greed and desires can create obstacles that get in the way of what is really important, resulting in decisions that directly harm others. In Ape House, the apes fall victim to a reality television show that negatively affects their quality of life. For example, the ape family’s diet is thrown off completely due to only eating junk food, for the sake of entertainment. Also, one of the apes, Makena, was forced to have her baby on the show, with no medical assistance, because the TV producers were unaware that one of their stars was pregnant in the first place. Not only did the apes suffer from the disastrous show but so did some people. Isabel was struggling with injuries in the first place, but for her, taking the bonobos was like taking her family away. Only being able to see her loved ones through a screen was practically torture. These catastrophes were simply caused because of society’s selfishness and

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