Woman in the Mist

I just started the book called Woman in the Mist it is about Dian Fossey and her time spent in Africa with the mountain gorillas. Throughout the book it switches between comments of hers and writing from the author Farley Mowat, which allows you to see how what she thought it was like and have the author explain what was happening. I decided to pick this book because I enjoy animals and like reading and learning about them. I thought that I would enjoy it because when I get older I want to be a vet. She grows up wanting to be a vet and eventually drops out of vet school to work with children but over the years she work on accumulating enough money to go to Africa to raise awareness of the gorillas. She seems to connect well with animals but has trouble getting along with humans so she feels like she fits in better in Africa with the animals.

When we think of Africa we think of this big flat land with a whole bunch of animals but she realizes when she gets there that there is a lot of that that has been inhabited by humans and many of the animals have moved out. While there she makes her guide take her to see the gorillas and after a lot of convincing he agrees to go. She isn't happy though because she isn't aloud to spend a lot of time with the gorillas. I think that later in the book and in her life she will eventually go back to see the gorillas and learn more about them and their way of life. She will also raise awareness of the loss of habitat due to humans and tell people more about the mountain gorillas.