The main gist of the book ‘‘Because of Winn Dixie’’ is that India Opal Buloni(Opal) has recently moved to Florida and is having trouble making friends, but that all changes when she finds Winn Dixie. It all starts out when Opal goes to the grocery store ‘Winn Dixie market’ and she hears people yelling and shouting about, “Someone get that dog out of my store, or I’m going to call the pound!”, so of course Opal is not the type to let that happen, so she says, “Wait, don’t call the pound, thats my dog,”. So she takes the dog home with her and begs her father(also known as the preacher of the local church), and tries to convince him to let her keep the dog, and brings up how he is always saying to try an help the less fortunate, and eventually …show more content…
She faces lots of problems, like being bullied, getting made fun of, and most people just naturally being mean to her and judging her without knowing her personally. The conflict is resolved by Opal finding Winn Dixie, in the Winn Dixie Super Market. Winn Dixie is almost a way for Opal to find new friends, and he helps her by shoving her into things she can’t get out of. Like when Opal was riding her bike one day, and the Dewberry Boys are chasing her, so Winn Dixie runs into a random person’s yard(Gloria Dump’s), then sees Gloria eating a PB & J sandwich, that Gloria ends up feeding him. Forcing Opal to run after him, she ends up having a conversation with Gloria, and becomes Friends with her. Opal ends up meeting several different people because of Winn Dixie. The story ends when Opal invites all of the people Winn Dixie lead her to meeting, gather in Gloria’s back yard and have a party, and listen to Otis playing music. My favorite scene in the book is when opal had first gotten Winn Dixie. The evening she got Winn Dixie there was a thunderstorm going on, and it scared Winn Dixie a lot. He went running across Opal and her dad’s trailer, and ended up hiding under Opal’s bed. It took them awhile to figure out why Winn Dixie had hid under the bed. My favorite character would have to be Winn Dixie. Winn Dixie is my favorite character because, he was a big influence on Opal. He was a big influence on Opal because, if it hadn’t been for him, Opal probably wouldn’t had met all of the people she has as friends