Summary Of The Movie 'Water For Elephants'

Water for Elephants is proof that author Sara Gruen understands narrative techniques. Through her careful research of a fascinating topic, circuses of the 1920s and 1930s; Gruen not only draws readers in, she captures them. In the years since the book was published, it's enjoyed significant success: it hit the number one spot on the New York Times Bestseller list, and the book immediately won a bunch of important awards. The book also resonated with film producers, who jumped on the opportunity to make a movie out of it. In April 2011, the film Water for Elephants, starring Reese Witherspoon and Robert Pattinson, was released. Water for Elephants is an amazing novel based during Great Depression, but also shows an amazing spontaneous love

Marlena is supposed to be faithful to August but she doesn't want to be; he's a violent jerk who endangers her life. Jacob wants to be faithful to Marlena and Rosie, but he isn't always able to be. Adultery is the epitome of unfaithfulness. Nevertheless, by being unfaithful to August, Jacob and Marlena find the best happiness they've ever known. At first, it seems like their unfaithfulness could destroy them, but ultimately it allows them be together and go on to be faithful to one another. Unlike an elephant, who might be blindly faithful, people have to choose when and where to apply their faithfulness. The story about Jacob's past ends first. He closes the narrative on a happy note, explaining that he and Marlena finally got to be together after August died. They adopted Rosie and a bunch of other circus animals, and they made plans to join an even better circus. When the 1930s portion of the story ends, Jacob and Marlena don't know yet what the future holds, but they're excited about it. And they've got a baby on the way – so in a way, their story ends with a new life. This first ending gets a postscript of sorts with the book's second ending, when Jacob wraps up the events he's been sharing about life in a nursing home. During a conversation he has with a circus worker, Jacob offers some final hints about his life with Marlena: they had a great life and a huge family, and a lot of cool stuff happened to them. Then Marlena died, Jacob got stuck in the nursing home, and things went downhill. There are only two ways for Jacob to get out of his predicament: die, or run away and join the circus. It worked for Jacob once before, right? So, at the end of the book, despite the fact that he's ninety-three years old, Jacob goes back on the road. He may not have a lot of time left, but he's going to make the most of what he's got. He makes the choice to be out in the world again, to take his