Book-Endangered

What life lessons did Otto teach Sophie throughout the novel?

Otto is an endangered Bonobo monkey that Sophie rescued from a street pedlar in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. He was abused and she had to nurse him back to full health. It is safe to say that he nearly died. They bond with each other as she nurses him back to health. At the same time, revolution breaks out in the Congo. This story is about Sophie and Otto flee from her home and try to survive the revolution. Otto teaches Sophie how to survive in more than one way. He teaches her how to find food in the jungles as well teaching her to find the ability to endure traumatic circumstances to survive.