Water for Elephants
By Sara Gruen
Summary
Characters
- Rosie the elephant
- Jacob Jankowski- The Veterinarian
- Marlena- The horse trainer
- August- Elephant trainer
Rosie
Marlena
Favorite Passage
“Not a single child is run over. In fact, everyone is brilliant, and none more so than Rosie. She carries Marlena on her pink sequined head during the Spec, curling her trunk in a salute. There’s a clown in front of her, a lanky man who alternately does back flips and cartwheels. At one point, Rosie reaches forward and grabs hold of his pants. She yanks so hard his feet leave the ground. He turns, outraged, to face a smiling elephant. The crowd whistles and applauds, but after that the clown keeps his distance."
This is my favorite passage because its a little funny and it tells a lot about Rosie the elephant and how silly she can be.
My own review
The Benzini Brother's circus
Movie
Works Cited
Gruen, Sara. Water for Elephants: A Novel. Mass Market ed. Chapel Hill, N.C.: Algonquin, 2011. Print.
"National Book Month & My Top Book Picks of 2014 Reviews." APeekIntoMyParadise. 17 Oct. 2014. Web. 26 Mar. 2015.
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Water for Elephants. 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, 2011. Film.