<human>:  I have a question about the book Karisoke: The Hidden Colony. Why did the author choose to write the book in the first person?
<bot>: The author chose to write the book in the first person because he wanted to give the reader a sense of what it was like to be a member of the colony. He wanted to show the reader what it was like to live in the forest, to be a scientist, and to be a member of the gorilla research team.