![]() ![]() When Stella dies not long after, she asks Ivan to promise to help Ruby lead a better life. But this begins to change when the mall’s owner, Mack, purchases a baby elephant, Ruby, to reinvigorate the mall and its thrice daily, circus style show. At first, Ivan insists that he doesn’t remember anything before coming to live in the Big Top Mall. In the evenings, the cleaner George’s daughter, Julia, sits near Ivan’s domain and they draw together-she’s an artist too, so she and Ivan have a special bond. Ivan spends his days eating, drawing, and watching TV. Ivan’s chosen family consists of an old elephant named Stella and a tiny dog named Bob, who sleeps on Ivan’s belly. ![]() Like most gorillas, Ivan is peaceful, kind, and protective of those he loves. Though the billboard advertising Ivan as a tourist attraction portrays Ivan as a fearsome creature, Ivan is actually anything but. ![]() For the last 27 years, he’s lived in a glass and concrete cage (which he calls his “domain”) in a shopping mall. The protagonist of the novel, Ivan is a silverback gorilla who’s about 30 years old. ![]()
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