About adventure, about saying goodbye to the past

Francisca 2022-04-19 09:01:49

The male protagonist is a risk-taking person regardless of the consequences, but he cannot accept the death of his lover. I thought that I could forget her by changing the environment, but I found that the memories were like shadows.

He said she was the perfect wife, and even anticipated a doomed investment for the male protagonist after her death—yes, he bought a dilapidated zoo.

But it was also here that he met a group of lovely people, and learned to say goodbye to the past because he let go of Tiger Pass. Remember the good times, let the past pass, and face the new life without perfidy.

Btw, I really like the tiger head drawn by his son.

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We Bought a Zoo quotes

  • [first lines]

    Dylan Mee: My dad is a writer who specialized in adventure.

    Benjamin Mee: This is Benjamin Mee. I am surrounded by hundreds, probably thousands of killer bees. If I wasn't wearing this suit, I would be dead in an instant.

    Dylan Mee: He interviewed dangerous dictators.

    Hugo Chavez: Take this message to that American cowboy. We already gave a 10 billion dollar oil credit to China. Swallow that, Mr. Danger!

    Benjamin Mee: What's your favorite movie?

    Hugo Chavez: Toy Story.

    [to his staff]

    Hugo Chavez: The first one or the second one?

    Segundo: The second.

    Dylan Mee: He even flew into the center of Hurricane Charley.

    Benjamin Mee: [shouting over air noise] How far are we from the eye?

    Pilot: About two minutes. This hurricane, sir, Charley is really kneading us well, sir.

    Benjamin Mee: Tell me when it gets severe!

    Dylan Mee: He knew the ins and outs of strange and exotic adventure, backwards and forwards. But nothing prepared him for this one.

  • Benjamin Mee: [loosing track of Rosie at the zoo] Oh God, I keep her home one day from school and she gets eaten!