Real Life Ruby The Elephant From The One And Only Ivan

The circus owner mack buys a baby elephant ruby with the hopes she will attract the fans he needs to stay in business.

Real life ruby the elephant from the one and only ivan.

The two of them were captured together as babies from the jungles of zaire in central africa. A baby elephant named ruby who brings back memories for ivan of his young life in the jungle. Some of the details of this story are taken from real life for example ivan really did have a sister whose name was burma. A baby elephant named ruby.

The author says humans have a real obligation to care responsibly for animals. The 400 pound silverback gorilla may live in a shopping mall circus attraction but his dreams expand much further than the mall. Eventually ivan was adopted by zoo atlanta in 1994. There is of course the gorilla artiste ivan voiced by sam rockwell and.

After catching the new disney original movie the one and only ivan. Ruby soon becomes the child ivan. The zoo owner who brings ivan and ruby and all the animals from the big top mall to the zoo. Ivan likes ruby and her fondness for elephant jokes and his regard for her coupled with his love for stella inspires him to pull out all the stops to help get her out of the mall and into the zoo.

Is actually based on. And then his life changes. After meeting a new baby elephant ivan reassesses his life and explores a new route of self expression. Rockwell reflects on ivan s character there are a few elements to ivan that make him who he is.

Although the one and only ivan is an entirely fictional story it is inspired by the true story of ivan who lived in a similar situation for 27 years. As he does ruby isn t the only one whose life is changed for the better ivan s is too. Katherine applegate s the one and only ivan was inspired by a real life gorilla who lived in a mall in tacoma wash. The one and only ivan finds a dose of comedic relief and a plethora of tender moments in its ensemble of circus animals.

When pressed by baby elephant ruby ivan tells the story of his time in the wild and his capture in the one and only ivan.