Trunkful of Secrets: Unpacking the Unforgettable Tales in ‘Ishi Will Never Forget
Ishi Will Never Forget: A Journey of Environmental Protection and Wildlife Conservation
📚Book Title: “Ishi Will Never Forget” 📜Publisher: Democracy and Construction Press. Ishi, the elephant who has witnessed the dangers and kindness of human society for decades, is going home. Elephants will never forget. They remember every love and every pain.
The protagonist of this novel, “Ishi”, whose name means “rescue”, was killed by poachers when he was still a baby. He was also seriously injured and was rescued by animal protectors. In the vast African land, animal protectors have to engage in gunfire confrontations with poachers. Poachers are extremely vicious and take risks for their own benefit.
Kind people will never give in and guard the common home of elephants and humans. The theme of this book is environmental protection and wildlife protection. These are not empty slogans, but real respect for nature and life. It also reminds me of another non-fiction book, The Elephant Whisperer, which records the touching story of the author personally taking care of the elephant family.
Elephants are such smart animals. Their families are just like human families, orderly and protective of each other. Their huge bodies give them great attack power, but they still can’t escape the guns of poachers. The situation of animals can better show the truth of a society or human nature.
When Ishi’s life was about to end, it decided to return to the plains of Kenya where it was born. It has experienced a journey of returning to the wild and being sent to a British zoo for nearly fifty years. It realized that humans are good and bad. Elephants can’t speak, but they will remember these stories.
The novel is told from the perspective of the elephant Ishi and the third-person perspective. The novel is told from 1962 to 2012, and the locations span East Africa, the United Kingdom, and New York. Various stories are staged one after another on the arduous journey, which reminds me of the cartoon ”Little Tiger Returns Home” I watched in my childhood.
On the way home, all kinds of ill-intentioned poachers tried to stop us. There is no killing without buying and selling. Humans are blinded by interests and try to constantly demand from nature and animals, but they destroy the truly precious things. We are just a speck of dust on the earth like animals. Plunder and destruction should not be our attitude towards nature.
🐘 The theme of this book is a reminder of the importance of environmental protection and wildlife conservation. It highlights the need for humans to respect and protect nature, and to recognize the impact of their actions on the world around them.
