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The novel’s protagonist, Jacob Jankowski, becomes the circus veterinarian and befriends a chimpanzee and an elephant named Rosie. The historical romance offers a glimpse into Prohibition and Depression-era cityscapes as the circus travels across the nation to various towns.
Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen is a novel about an old man in the early 21st Century whose memory of his youth in the 1930s as a veterinarian in a circus is triggered when a circus mounts close to the nursing home where he lives.
Water for Elephants study guide contains a biography of Sara Gruen, literature essays, quiz questions, major themes, characters, and a full summary and analysis. About Water for Elephants Water for Elephants Summary
- Sara Gruen
Plot. The story is told through a series of memories by Jacob Jankowski, a man living in a nursing home who can't remember if he is 90 or 93-years-old. In the nursing home, Jacob's life lacks excitement.
- Sara Gruen
- 331 (first edition)
- 2006
- May 26, 2006 (1st edition)
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22 de mai. de 2006 · WATER FOR ELEPHANTS is a warm-hearted romantic tale that ultimately comes to a close on a fuzzy feel good tone, but it is also a profoundly moving and gritty story of the reality of the animal abuse and mistreatment that was historically endemic in zoos and circuses.
Summaries. Jacob takes a job as an animal caretaker in a traveling circus. There he meets Marlena, a beautiful circus performer. Their shared compassion for a special elephant Rosie leads to love, but Marlena's cruel husband stands in their way. After his parents' death, Jacob Jankowski is left penniless and homeless.
