Blog 6

My opinion on Water For Elephants by Sara Gruen is that it is a good book with an exciting plot. I liked this book because iv never gone to the circus but iv always wanted to, so when i found out that it was about a guy who works for the circus i was excited to read on. I also liked this book because i never got bored while reading it, which happened with some of the books we read in class. I also enjoyed how Sara wrote it with the change of age, so one chapter you would be reading about something going on in the present, when he is old, but another time it would be in the past when he was actually working on the circus. It bugs me how Marlena and Jacob would not get together because i think that they could have been together longer.

Blog 5

In the last section of Water for elephants that i read, Marlena got hurt while doing a stunt during the circus. I liked this section because it was really exciting to read and you could tell the Jacob was worried about her. I also liked reading this section because i used to want to be a Doctor, so when they were trying to figure out what was wrong with her, i wanted to think back to those days when i wanted to figure out what was wrong with people, and if i still wanted to be a doctor, then i could have been really interested in this section.

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Durring the last section that i read in Water for elephants, it made me excited because i think that the jazz dancing secret club chaper was really exciting for a few reasons. The first reason why i liked it was because i think that i would have been fun to get all dressed up and go dancing like they did. I also liked it because Jacob and Marlena kissed, which made me really happy because i think that they should be together even though she is with August. I think that in this book they have some unnecessary parts to it. for example the part when Jacob came back to the circus area when he and Barbera met up. But overal i really enjoy this book, i like the way she wrote it.

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During the last portion of reading in water for elephants, i really enjoyed reading. It was easy for me to relate to because when i was little i wanted to be a veterinarian, and Jacob is a veterinarian for the circus show that he follows. When reading i realized that he doesn't really have to do a lot of physical veterinarian work, but i wish that that would change because i liked reading about all of the different animals. I realized that i have not read about Jacob when he is 90 or 93 recently, so i wish that that would also come back up soon because i thought that the way he is so sarcastic was funny.

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In the second section of Water for Elephants that i read, i really enjoyed because i have never gone to a circus and it was nice to be able to read about the behind the scenes part of it. It is frustrating to read about Jacob and Marlenas relationship because i want them to be together, but i don't know if she is dating August or married or neither. I really enjoy the way that Sara writes because it sounds like the way people talk, and poor writers don't sound like that, its choppy and doesn't sound like actual conversations, or thoughts of the characters mind. This book kind of reminds me of Dumbo because of the circus aspect of it. this book is just starting to get interesting and i can't put it down!

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For my independent reading, i chose to read Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen. I really enjoyed this first section of the book i read because the main character Jacob complains about how its a hassle to get old it reminded me of myself and my grandmother. I thought of myself because i don't want to get old like that and not be able to take care of myself scares me. I also thought of my grandmother because she is really frail, but never complains about how people take care of her, i think that she likes it. But this section made me think about her because i can see her starting to need more help with things like opening doors and walking down stairs. I'm looking forward to reading the rest of this book because i like the way that it is written.

Blog 6:Hope

Hope is something that can sometimes be pushed to the side. So many bad and tough things happen to one in a lifetime that we may doubt the powere hope has one one. It gives us the energy to move,gives us direction. It made me think about Night. and how the Jews whole life was haning on the fact of "do i still hope" and if you lost that hope, you would die.
Pulsifer, Catherine. "Poem for Hope ." Inspirational Words of Wisdom. 25 Mar 2009 .