Isiboro Secure Quotes

I don’t actually know the location of the jungle mentioned in the book, but I am making a hypothesis based on my research, that the “Parque Nacional Isiboro Secure” could be the jungle because it is only, approximately, a six hour drive, and according to http://www.trekearth.com/trip. php?tid=1412&display=full, the Isiboro National Park is “The third largest producer in South America after Colombia and Peru, of coca leaf used in cocaine production”. Wherever the jungle from the book is located, Diego experiences traumatic and dangerous situations in it, not even getting at how he is in the jungle to farm and make cocaine, which is illegal. And because Diego described the jungle as the place where you hear “nigthmarish screams of monkeys and the calls of tree frogs” … “[coming] at him from the dark”. I think an event
that represents this unsafe place is important, but if I had to choose one, it would be Mando’s death.
" 'Saved your life again, tycoon,' Mando called back, jumping onto the bridge. It swung wildly with every step he took. 'Be careful!' Diego hollered. Mando turned around and let go of the guide rope - maybe to show off, maybe to wave. Diego never knew. For a long, terrible moment, Diego watched his friend waver, almost hover in the air, as if he was waiting for the Angel Gabriel to swoop down from heaven and carry him away. But the Angel was sleeping, again, and Diego's friend tumbled over the rope railing, and fell down, down and away. 'Mando!' Diego screamed, darting out to the edge of the ridge, his feet slipping and fumbling in the soft earth and loose stones. He saw his friend's body smashed on the river boulders deep in
the canyon. It seemed to Diego that he could easily join Mando there, and he didn't care." - page 168 & 169. I chose this event because death is one of the scariest things to most people, and this death happened in the jungle as Diego and Mando were running from their bosses doing illegal work, and who were going to try to kill them. Another reason I think this event is important is because Mando, although he was selfish and one of the characters I disliked, he, was Diego’s best friend, and I never wanted him to be harmed or hurt, and he left the story and life to quickly. There is also a quote from the book that I think wonderfully describes the jungle setting, and it is “Remember, lad, there's nothing in this jungle that you can't eat, or that won't eat you. A jungle is one big feast. Just make sure you're on the eating side of the table.”, by Smith on page 135, after Smith had cut open Diego’s arm to remove the flies.