Aisha: Ivan felt like they just did this awful thing to me. Why would they do this? They wouldn’t like if I were to do this to them. This cage is not meant for a gorilla.
I need to be in the wild. I didn’t hurt anybody. I don’t deserve this at all. My name is Ivan and this is outrageous. I have to escape. There is no way out. What I am going to do? I am just going to sleep…It’s morning oh my goodness my sister she’s dead. What am I going to do? I am all alone no family. I just want to be in my original habitat. We reached the Atlanta zoo. I felt myself slipping into a great depression, so sad, lonely. I don’t know what to do. All I just want to do is draw in mud. And sing. I’m going to die alone.
Zenaiah Borsa: In the picture where he’s with his sister, Ivan is thinking why are learning this? I don’t like this. I really want my mommy. By the way where is she? When am I going to see my family again? In the picture with Ivan in a cage is thinking where did my sister go? He’s like where is my friend? I’m here by myself, now I really want to go home. The picture of him in the zoo: he feels like I want my family. He is like why wasn’t my mom around? Finally, some space to walk around. I wonder how other animals live.