Congo Book Report

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Congo Book Report

The book Congo is about a group of people who go to the
African Congo to return a gorilla to her homeland and to find
type IIb blue diamonds. On their journey they discover the
lost city of Zinj and a new species of killer gorillas, which
they must overcome to survive. The story takes place in
June of 1979. The three main characters are: Dr. Karen
Ross, supervisor of Earth Resources Technology Services
(ERTS), Dr. Peter Elliot, a primatologist who trained a
gorilla named Amy to speak by the use of sign language, and
Charles Munro, the guide who leads the expedition through
the Congo. ERTS has already sent an expedition of eight
into the Congo to retrieve type IIb blue diamonds. They are
contacting them back at the base in Houston. The camera in
the expedition’s camp turns on revealing a destroyed campsite: torn tents, supplies and clothing scattered everywhere,
and dead bodies. As the camera moves around scanning the
area, a big gray object runs by the camera and destroys it.
Every at ERTS is in shock. They replay the footage and
freeze it on the big gray object. It looks like a gray gorilla,
but gorillas don’t kill people. Karen Ross decides to take
another expedition into the Congo to get the blue diamonds.
Because of the bewilderment over this incident she contacts
Dr. Elliot to find out what this gorilla is. She tells him that
they’re going to the Congo and he wants to come and bring
Amy, his gorilla. Amy has been experiencing bad dreams
because of her past which is unknown to Dr. Ross. She
begins finger painting, which helps her sleep at ease because
tries to banish the dreams onto paper. Elliot realizes she
wants to go to the jungle because all her paintings are of
it. The expedition leaves quickly because there is a
competing company that is also making its way to the Congo
to get the blue diamonds, which are an amazing source of
energy. The expedition is set to meet Charles Munro; the
best guide there is, to guide them through the Congo. They
discussed business matters and quickly headed to Nairobi.
From Nairobi they took their final plane to go to the Congo.
At that time, a civil war had started in Africa and both sides
were shooting everything, including the expedition’s plane.
Everyone had to take a parachute and jump out of the
plane. This was a major delay in the time the expedition had
to beat the competition to the diamond site. The expedition:

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