Water For Elephants

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Water For Elephants

• by,
• Sara Gruen
• Aaron Oppenheim
• Joshua Chan

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Hook

• If you like books with love affairs, dark
  secrets, and the circus life, then you will love
  Water for Elephants

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Jacob Jankowski

• A Cornell college trained Veterinarian
• He is very stubborn in his old age
• He is very self-conscious
• Nervous around women
• Very Religious

Cornell College
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August Rosenbluth

• The antagonist of Water for Elephants
• He is Jacobs boss
• Husband of Marlena Rosenbluth, a performer in the
  Benzini Brothers show
• He often has mood swings
• A quick temper

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Plot

• Jacob Jankowski is a medical student at Cornell
  College
• The week before his exit exam he was informed
  that his parents have been killed in a car
  accident
• He leaves Cornell and wanders aimlessly in the
  open wilderness
• He wanders onto a train in search of shelter.
  Little does he know that he has just landed on
  the Benzini Brothers Most Spectacular show on
  Earth
• Jacob Jankowski is shanghaied into the circus as
  the shows first Veterinarian

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Important Passages

• I used to carry water for the elephants says
  McGuinty
• You did not says Jankowski. (Pg. 9)
• You didnt just jump a train, boy. You done
  jumped the Flying Squadron of the Benzini
  Brothers most spectacular show on earth. (Pg. 28)

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Literary Devices

• I slide the door open. Flies explode outward.
  (Pg. 98)
• I cling to my anger with every ounce of humanity
  left in my ruined body, but its no use. It slips
  away like a wave from shore (Pg. 69)

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So-What?

• Water for elephants is a book worth reading
  because its use of literary devices keeps the
  reader engrossed in the novel
• It is also the New York Times Bestseller

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How good is this Book?

• We give it 4 ½ out of 5 elephants!

We gave this book four and a half elephants
because although the book is outstanding in many
ways it has too many sub-characters and it is
hard to follow.