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Title: Water For Elephants


1
Water For Elephants
  • by,
  • Sara Gruen
  • Aaron Oppenheim
  • Joshua Chan

2
Hook
  • If you like books with love affairs, dark
    secrets, and the circus life, then you will love
    Water for Elephants

3
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
4
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

5
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

6
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)

7
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)

8
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

9
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.
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