“Bambi does not survive well, at the end. But then, sadly, the old prince also dies, leaving Bambi utterly bereft. Bambi is shot too, but survives thanks to the old prince, a majestic stag who treats him like a son (and may well be his father). And I think what shakes the reader is that there are also some animals who are traitors, who help the hunters kill.”Īfter Bambi’s mother is murdered, so is his beloved cousin Gobo, who had been led to believe he was special and the hunters would be “kind” to him. It soon becomes apparent that the forest animals are living out their lives in fear and that puts the reader constantly “on edge”: “All the animals have been persecuted. Felix Salten’s handwritten dedication to his wife Ottilie on a page from the first English edition of Bambi.
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