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Because Kensuke was not feeling confident without Michael with him, and thus didn’t want to leave the peaceful island. Also, even if Kensuke left the island, it would be really hard or not to be able to find his relatives, wife and child. Also, no one would recognise or to make sure it is true that it’s the real Kensuke. Going to Japan would almost be meaningless without the things or people he loves. Also, with the company of animals, a perfect house and a peaceful island, why not stay there? Comparing the killer men and a different Japan, Kensuke of course chose living closer to the killer men and Kensuke’s mostly peaceful life.

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I think this is because at first, Kensuke want to leave the island with Michael. However, some killer man wants to kill the animals on the Island and Kensuke wants to protect them. Also, he thought most of his relatives were dead already during the Second World War . Therefore, Kensuke think staying in the island is the best choice for his rest of his life.

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Kensuke once said “I’m too old for the new world you tell me about” and also said “And now my world is here”. He got washed up to the island during ww2 which is a long time away from the time in the story. He might be worried about surviving the new world. Also, he said he has the orangutan family and he’s worried about killer man returning. He wanted to protect them.

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Kensuke said “I have family here, orangutan family. Maybe killer men come again. Who look after them then? No, I stay on my island.” Meaning he wants to stay to protect them on the island. That’s why he wouldn’t leave.

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After Kensuke protected the orangutans, he believed that humans were bad, and refused to meet anymore of them. This is likely a fallacy by Kensuke, as he only met/remembered the Killermen and other bad examples. This is called Hasty generalization. Also, he must protect the orangutans, and believed that humanity was doomed and that he has no family.

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Direct Quote:

“I am too old for that new world you tell me about. It is very exciting world, but it is not my world. My world was Japan, long time ago. And now my world is here. I think about it for long time. If Kimi is alive, if Michiya is alive, then they think I am dead long time ago. I would be like ghost coming home. I am not same person. They not same, either. And, besides, I have family here, orangutan family. Maybe killer men come again. Who look after them then? No, I stay on my island. This is my place. This is Kensuke’s Kingdom. Emperor must stay in his kingdom, look after his people. Emperor does not run away. Not honorable thing to do.”

1. He wanted to protect the orangutans from the killermen

2. He’s been on the island too long.

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He decided to stay to protect the animals from the killermen.

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Kensuke wants to protect the helpless orangutans and other defenseless animals in the island. He is scared of if the “killer men” come to the island again and kill all of the animals

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I think it's because Kensuke doesn't think he would be able to find his family and he needs to take care of the animals there just in case the killermen go to his island again to kill more orangutans, thus the people he knew mostly died already, so it's not so convincing to go back to Japan or maybe to Micheal's place

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Kensuke saw that his animal friends were in a lot of danger and they need Kensuke’s protection, he also had been on the island for a long time and has a strong bond between him and the animals.

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Kensuke was not sure if everyone at Nagasaki survived the bomb and he wanted to stay and protect the orangutans from the “killer men”

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Kensuke thought that his wife and son must already be dead. He also said that even under the circumstance that they were alive, many things have changed over the years, they wouldn’t get along well. Therefore, he decided it was best if he didn’t leave the island and stayed there at peace.

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I think he changed his mind because he wanted to continue protecting the orangutans. They recently had an encounter with the killer men, almost fatal, but they managed to survive.

Another possibility is that he didn’t want to go back to face the world, after experiencing world war 2. His hometown was probably destroyed after the bombing, and by the time he goes back to Nagasaki, most likely no one remembers him, and he would have a hard time adapting to a new lifestyle

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I think it’s because Kensuke wanted to protect the orangutans. He thought that if he left the island, the ‘killer men’ might come back to kill the orangutans again and Kensuke wouldn’t be there to protect them.

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I think that it is because that some people killed the animals on this island in the past and this made Kensuke wanted people to protect this tropical island.

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Kensuke wanted to leave the island, but then he knew that one of the orangutans already got hurt because of the killer men, so he decided to stay behind and protect them on the island.

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Kensuke saw ‘killer men’ coming to his island, unfortunately, an orangutan was killed, so he is worried about the animals’ safety. He treats them, especially the orangutans as family. So at last, he changed his mind.

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Why kensuke changed his mind of leaving the island (1u-16)

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Why kensuke changed his mind of leaving the island (1u-16)

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He knew that his animal friends were in danger and he needs to protect them, plus he had been on the island for a long period of time so he has a strong bond with the animals and a sense of belonging. Last, he wasn’t sure if his family was even alive.

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He want to defend the orangutans from being poached, He considers as a king, he should not leave his Island and leave his citizens behind

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after an orangutan got shot by the killer men ,Kensuke knew he had to stay to protect the animals there.

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I think it’s because he didn’t want to leave his animal friends on this island. He’s close with them and is also treating all of the animals like orangutans as family. He wanted to stay to be with them and also protect them. The another possible reason is maybe he still thinks that humans are cruel and not nice since the another human he had just currently seen is the killerman. The killerman might have made Kensuke think humans out there in the city are still cruel.

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Kensuckies refuses to leave the island because he still believes that his family were dead during WWII . He thinks that it is his responsibility to protect the island from poachers. He thinks of the island like his home and the animals like his family and friends as he doesnt want to break the relationship.

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Kensuke originally wanted to leave the island with Michael,however,after the killermen came and tried to harm the animals,Kensuke realized he could not leave the orangutans because they needed someone to protect them,otherwise they would be at danger.
Kensuke also thought that if his family was alive and he returned home,he would be like a ghost coming home.
He also believed he was “too old” for the new world Michael told him about

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I guess it is because Kensuke was afraid that the bunch of killermen trying to kill the Orangutans. However, Kensuke didn’t want to leave the Orangutans in danger so he decided to stay and protect them.

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Kensuke have a strong relationship to the orangutans and chimpanzees, he wants to protect them in the chapter ‘ Killer Man Comes’ from poachers that try to hunt down the orangutans and chimpanzees.

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Why Kensuke changed his mind of leaving the island (S1K-22)

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Why Kensuke changed his mind of leaving the island (S1K-22)

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I believe it was because of the people who killed the one of the orangutans, and that made Kensuke think that he needed to protect this island and the orangutans, so he changed his mind of leaving.

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He saw one of the orangutans being killed by the killer men. He then thought if he did not stay, there won’t be anyone to protect the innocent orangutans

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Kensuke didn't want to leave the animals in danger.

He also wasn’t sure if his family was even alive.