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The circus member finds out that the their boss Uncle Al paid 2,000 "clams" for a bull. Back then they use to call elephants bulls for some reason. And August found out that the Uncle Al told August that he is responsible for the bull like he is now the owner although he did not pay for te elephant. Plus Agust is really anger with his boss because he heard from anothe rperson that was selling the elephant that supposdly the elephant is really stupid and doesn't do anything. August and hi wife plus Jcabo end up going out all toget her and haing dinner in other words bonding. Jacob is still having feelings for August's wife. And the start actually doing things like Jacob wants to kiss her and at times he is tempted. But Jacob can't seem to control himself becaus ehe did end up kissing her and August later on realizes that there is somrthing going on between his wife and Jacob. So ther was a moment where Jacob and August got in a physical fight and it got bloody plus later on he went after his wife and had a physical fight with her too but the figt with his wife is not as bad as the one he had with Jacob. Jacob's face is like bruised up and purple and blue by the discriptions in the book where Augut's wife just has a black eye and only a couple of brusies. Jacob is staring to become more noticable to people in the circus. Before he was just a new worker but now he is recognized as a vet which back then they were like wow he is a vet that is good. He knows his stuff and supposdly has money to go to college and becoma a vet. OH My GOD Jacob finds out that the elephant understands polish. Becuase the elephant went to a lady's garden and started eating her vegtables and a man say it and tried to get the elephant out and Jacob heard the guy talk polish to the elephant and the elephant did all the things the man told him to do. That is why before the elephnat did not respond to things whe August spoke to him in english. The elephant does not undersand it. the sad thing though is August has like hit the elephant repeadlty like abused him because he got mad because the elephant was not doing anything or responding to anything August was telling her to do. The elephants name is Roise. nd it's good that Jacob found ou that the elpephant understands polish because Jacob speaks and understands polish. Later on Jacob teaches August some words in polish so he can train the elephant and get him into the routine of how everything is suppose to go . The elephant still gets herself in trouble though sometimes. Like she stills food because she is hungry.
Qoute" And then the sweet shower of money starts- the sweet shower of money. Uncle Al is delirious, standing in the center of the hippodrome track with his arms and face raised even as coins bounce off his cheeks, nose, ad forehead. I think he may actually be crying>" (Gruen 237)
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I love this book. There is drama to keep you intersted and there are fights and problems that make you want to scream no don't do it but then you realize that the characters can't actually hear you. But that is a good thing because that shows the book has your complete attention. I do not't like August like in order to hit an animal repeadtly because thet don't d what they are told is just too much. Likeit's an animal they don't understand everything. Plus he gets mad way too fast. As a friend he is goodbut he has his ups and downs just like everyone else. When I found out Roise can understand Polish i got so shocked like at that point I was aying to myself I want to talk to an animal that understands a differnt language. I tought that was soooooooooooooooooooooooooo cool. I never noticed how many problems there colud be in a circus like coming from a person that never been to a circus before I actually look forward to go see one and I most deffintly will compare i with the book. But then again this book took lace back then. Uncle Al is very self-fish all he cares about is himself and making money. Example the qoute above were he is just standing in the center as people throw money towards the enter of the circus.
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