The Bond Of Love Summary

The Bond Of Love Summary

Summary:

The Bond of Love is a story by Kenneth Anderson which shows the love of a human with a sloth bear whom she called ‘Bruno’. Bruno was a sloth bear rescued by the author. Bruno was shot by the author’s companions. Bruno gets attached to the author’s wife. Soon in the story, there are accounts of Bruno’s life which show how he spends the time with the author, with frequent accidents. As he grew in size he was sent to a zoo. The story then comes to effect when the author’s wife wants to meet Bruno, the author thinking that he must have forgotten her takes her to the zoo, but after reaching there she came to know that it was true love. They with the permission of the superintendent of the zoo bring him back home. At home, a separate island is made for the animal where the author’s wife and the bear spend hours together.

Theme:

The theme of the story/incident is the bond we have with the wild and the bond that the wild keeps with us. Animals have always been our friends. Because we kill animals for food they do not put an eternal bar on us because the jungly law permits killing and eating each other. What is more important is the bond.

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