Gorillas in the Mist Reflection
Who is Dr. Leaky?
A professor who studies gorillas.
What is Dian Fossey’s job in Africa?
Dian's job was to count all of the gorillas.
Who is her guide and what does he know how to track?
Sembagare is her guide and knows how to track buffalo, antelope and elephant.
Why does Dian decide to stay in Africa?
She wants to study and save the gorillas.
What does she call the first group of gorillas?
Silverbacks
How does Dian get close to the gorillas?
She mimicked the gorillas actions.
Describe some of the actions she uses to attract the gorillas’ attention.
She pounded her chest like gorillas would.
“If they want a witch, I’ll give them a witch.” Describe this statement of Dian Fossey’s and what did she do?
The natives thought that Dian was a witch, so she decided to play the role of the witch.
Describe the Silverback’s hands.
4th and 5th fingers are webbed
Why are the African gorillas being trapped?
They are being trapped for poaching.
What do Dian and Bob do when the gorilla charges at them?
Dian and Bob stand their ground.
Describe how Dian and Bob move when they are around the gorillas.
They move slowly and are very quiet. Which gorilla holds Dian’s hand?
The silverback, Digit.
How does Dian react after she rescues the baby?
She is very upset with the poachers responsible for the death of all the gorillas.
Why aren’t the gorillas protected by the government?
They government needs money to support their people.
How does Dian get protection from gorilla poachers?
She gets anti-poaching rangers.
Why doesn’t Dian want to leave with Bob Chapman to study primates in Borneo?
She wants to stay to study the gorillas.
How does Dian handle meeting the gorilla when she is with her research students?
She stood her ground, because she couldn't recognize the gorilla.
What happened to Digit and why did it happen?
Digit was killed for his hands, feet and head.
Explain Dian’s behavior after she found Digit’s body.
She wants to hang the poachers. She becomes angry with everyone and burns down the poachers huts.
Who are the first gorillas she visits upon her return?
Digit's family
Who is Simba? Digit is Simba’s father. How do we know?
Simba is Digit's child. We know because its hands are webbed like DIgit.
How does Dian defend “her mountain”?
She has a 3 year work permit and still threatens people by becoming a 'witch' as they so think she is.
Personal Reflection
Watching this movie has made me realize the variety of things animals have to go through to stay alive just because of the actions of humans. It is people like Dian that are help keeping these animals alive. She puts her life at risk to help them live another day and that is what we need to think about. It is not fair to kill an animal like a gorilla for its hand to make an ash tray or to kill elephants for their tusks. Many animals are suffering to stay alive because we are killing them all. Dian is a caring person that tried to rescue the gorillas from poachers and that wasn't even her job. She went to Africa expecting to stay there for 6 weeks and stayed much longer. Dian's job was to count the gorillas and she grew to love them and care for them and could not see them be killed by poachers. I'm glad I got introduced to this movie because it was very interesting and I learned a lot from it. Although Dian did die in the end, the movie was really good to me. We need to stop poachers !
A professor who studies gorillas.
What is Dian Fossey’s job in Africa?
Dian's job was to count all of the gorillas.
Who is her guide and what does he know how to track?
Sembagare is her guide and knows how to track buffalo, antelope and elephant.
Why does Dian decide to stay in Africa?
She wants to study and save the gorillas.
What does she call the first group of gorillas?
Silverbacks
How does Dian get close to the gorillas?
She mimicked the gorillas actions.
Describe some of the actions she uses to attract the gorillas’ attention.
She pounded her chest like gorillas would.
“If they want a witch, I’ll give them a witch.” Describe this statement of Dian Fossey’s and what did she do?
The natives thought that Dian was a witch, so she decided to play the role of the witch.
Describe the Silverback’s hands.
4th and 5th fingers are webbed
Why are the African gorillas being trapped?
They are being trapped for poaching.
What do Dian and Bob do when the gorilla charges at them?
Dian and Bob stand their ground.
Describe how Dian and Bob move when they are around the gorillas.
They move slowly and are very quiet. Which gorilla holds Dian’s hand?
The silverback, Digit.
How does Dian react after she rescues the baby?
She is very upset with the poachers responsible for the death of all the gorillas.
Why aren’t the gorillas protected by the government?
They government needs money to support their people.
How does Dian get protection from gorilla poachers?
She gets anti-poaching rangers.
Why doesn’t Dian want to leave with Bob Chapman to study primates in Borneo?
She wants to stay to study the gorillas.
How does Dian handle meeting the gorilla when she is with her research students?
She stood her ground, because she couldn't recognize the gorilla.
What happened to Digit and why did it happen?
Digit was killed for his hands, feet and head.
Explain Dian’s behavior after she found Digit’s body.
She wants to hang the poachers. She becomes angry with everyone and burns down the poachers huts.
Who are the first gorillas she visits upon her return?
Digit's family
Who is Simba? Digit is Simba’s father. How do we know?
Simba is Digit's child. We know because its hands are webbed like DIgit.
How does Dian defend “her mountain”?
She has a 3 year work permit and still threatens people by becoming a 'witch' as they so think she is.
Personal Reflection
Watching this movie has made me realize the variety of things animals have to go through to stay alive just because of the actions of humans. It is people like Dian that are help keeping these animals alive. She puts her life at risk to help them live another day and that is what we need to think about. It is not fair to kill an animal like a gorilla for its hand to make an ash tray or to kill elephants for their tusks. Many animals are suffering to stay alive because we are killing them all. Dian is a caring person that tried to rescue the gorillas from poachers and that wasn't even her job. She went to Africa expecting to stay there for 6 weeks and stayed much longer. Dian's job was to count the gorillas and she grew to love them and care for them and could not see them be killed by poachers. I'm glad I got introduced to this movie because it was very interesting and I learned a lot from it. Although Dian did die in the end, the movie was really good to me. We need to stop poachers !