Water for Elephants pg. 65-103

Summary
 So the boss Uncle Al found out that in college Jacob was studying to become a vet. Now since Uncle Al knows that he defiantly want Jacob to keep on working with his circus. And not only that but Uncle Al wants to be known for having the best circus. And he is always trying to beat other circus groups. For example if another  circus group has 24 zebras Uncle Al is  going to try and get 24 zebras. But at the same time the animals Uncle Al has for his show is ... well some aren't in good condition. Uncle Al sometimes makes stupid decisions too for example when Uncle Al found out that Jacob was going to become a vet he said good we have one horse that is injured and if you don't fix him up and ready for the show then you can say goodbye to this job. Like Jacob already told Uncle Al there is nothing I can do his injury is too bad and there really isn't a cure yet. But did Uncle Al care? Nope. So the horse ended up dying and shockingly they feed the horde to the tigers. Why? Because the tigers ran out of food and they wouldn't mind eating a horse. They try to make everything use full. And Jacob is starting to develop feelings for August who is just his friend. Well he develops feelings for August's wife. An the bad thing is August is some what aggressive and very over protective over his wife.
Quote
" It's when the connective tissues between the hoof and the coffin bone are compromised and the coffin bone rotates toward the sole of the hoof." (Gruen 74)
Reaction
The above quote is the injury that the horse has. It sounds pain full  becaus the hoof is the horse's feet and this is happening to all of her hoofs. I do not like Uncle Al. I think his decisions are just him being selfish. He only cares about making money and to become number one for circuses. Like think about it Jacob can't do anything to the horse and you still going to say you have to do something or you can kiss your job goodbye. It doesn't make sense. And Jacob needs to be careful. He needs to control his feelings because if August sees or hears anything going on between his wife and his friend he is going to flip and who knows maybe get in a physical fight with him or his wife. My advise to him is be careful.

Water for Elephants by: Sara Gruen 1-65

Summary
This book is about a boy named Jacob who is in college and while he is in one of his classes he gets called out of the room. The reason why is because his parents have been in an accident. So he is left with nothing. He doesn't even have a home to go to because his family could not keep up with the mortgage bills so now the bank owns the house and everything else in it. So Jacob decides to hop on a train he didn't even finish taking his final exams nothing he just completely walked out of his college life. It just happens to be that the train he hopes on is a circus train. It's called Benzini Bros Most Spectacular Show on Earth. So he just ends up working for them. He has nothing else to do and he has no house to go to or some where else to live. In the beginining of the book it's an old man talking and later on you realize that the old man is Jacob. So the book has Dual Narrative voice.
Qoute
 " I reach for the iron grab bar and fling myself upwar. My left foot and elbow hit first, and thenmy chin, which smashes onto the metal edging....... The noise is deafening , and my jawbone bangs rhythmically on the iron edging." (Gruen 25)
Reaction
When I read the first page I was laughing because the old man is funny. But then when the next chapter talkes about another person I start to make the connection that this is Jacob and that my book has dual narrative voice. When I read other people's comments about this book I noticed that a lot of people did not like the book but only one person did. and the book grabs my attention. So far it is not that bad.