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Kinyani is a female gorilla who lives at the zoo where Ivan eventually ends up. She and Ivan are interested in each other romantically. Ivan thinks she’s beautiful—but she’s also terrifying in that she knows how to act like a gorilla and wants to test to make sure Ivan can behave as a silverback should.
Kinyani Quotes in The One and Only Ivan
The The One and Only Ivan quotes below are all either spoken by Kinyani or refer to Kinyani. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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the next morning—photo Quotes
She starts to leave, then runs back to my cage. “I almost forgot. This is for you, Ivan.”
She slips a piece of paper into my cage. It’s a drawing of Ruby and me.
We’re eating yogurt raisins. Ruby is playing with another baby elephant, and I’m holding hands with a lovely gorilla.
She has red lips and a flower in her hair.
I look, as I always do in Julia’s pictures, like an elegant fellow, but something is different about this drawing.
In this picture, I am smiling.
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Kinyani Character Timeline in The One and Only Ivan
The timeline below shows where the character Kinyani appears in The One and Only Ivan. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
leaving—mighty silverback
she. There’s one female that Ivan admires most: Kinyani. She’s fast and smart, and she terrifies Ivan. She’s also “beautiful, like a painting that...
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door. This morning, the humans lead Ivan to a door. The other gorillas, including Kinyani, are on the other side. Ivan’s not ready to be a silverback—he’s just Ivan. He...
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oops. Ivan approaches the other gorillas and puffs himself up, but they’re not welcoming. Kinyani even chases Ivan, throws a stick at him, and corners him. Ivan knows this is...
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...food, Ivan imagines himself as his father’s son. He grumbles and beats his chest as Kinyani watches. When Ivan steps toward the juvenile, the youngster retreats. It seems like he believes...
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it. One day, Kinyani comes up to Ivan, taps him on the shoulder, and then runs away. Ivan doesn’t...
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...parents, Mack, Ruby, Bob, Stella, Julia, and George. They look away when he’s done, but Kinyani moves closer and lets her shoulder brush Ivan’s.
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