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Ken is on page 69 of 144

Lady Savile and the protagonist are working on different aspects of chimp behavior. While she is interested in aggression and dominance, the protagonist is a generalist, and wants to observe and draw conclusions based on his observations. And while she is interested in fitting her work into evolutionary theories,

— Dec 19, 2014 07:30AM

Dreaming Jungles (English and French Edition)

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In regards to the war, the protagonist thinks of it in relation to nature, and realizes that by going to war, he is, " fulfilling an absurd duty, participating in an enterprise about whose undertaking he had not been consulted, in the name of an ethic whose murderous absurdity he felt deeply."

— Dec 20, 2014 08:48PM

Ken is finished

They return to civilization, informed about the outbreak of war in Europe, and given their assignments.

— Dec 20, 2014 08:37PM

Ken is on page 107 of 144

He returns to camp. Everyone is there. He admits his love for Lady Jane directly to her, and is filled with happiness.

— Dec 20, 2014 12:20PM

Ken is on page 103 of 144

He ends the research after having to kill a jaguar, and leaves the jungle carrying "a trace of violence and solitude, and the stamp of a permanent melancholy."

— Dec 20, 2014 12:11PM

Ken is on page 97 of 144

He senses a shift in himself away from intellectual realm to a more emotional side of himself.

— Dec 20, 2014 11:58AM

Ken is on page 96 of 144

He learns to hate the terror and brutality of the jungle, and looks forward to returning to civilization.

— Dec 20, 2014 11:43AM

Ken is on page 96 of 144

The protagonist does his observations and survives by adapting to the jungle, particularly by being on the lookout for venemous snakes and leopards, gathering fruit and eating small animals.

— Dec 20, 2014 07:57AM

Ken is on page 87 of 144

The protagonist and Lady Savile fall in love. The observations go badly. They split up into small groups for a month, with modest sucess. Lady Savile takes ill with fever. The protagonist heads back into the jungle alone ("into the heart of darkness") set on spending a year there.

— Dec 20, 2014 07:01AM