Water for Elephants (2006) (edit title/settings)

Janiece_HCDSM edited the themes of Water for Elephants Saturday, October 15, 2011.

• Added a theme: What Goes Around Comes Around

Dianne edited the themes of Water for Elephants Monday, June 27, 2011.

• Edited the description of Sex: a fond memory for Jacob

Dianne edited the themes of Water for Elephants Monday, June 27, 2011.

• Edited the description of Isolation: the feeling Jacob has as he sits in the nursing home, realizing how old and alone he is

Book Worm edited the themes of Water for Elephants Saturday, June 18, 2011.

• Edited a theme: HopeHope through Difficult Times.: The whole time in his home, the nurses treat him like he is not a man. They treat him as if less than. He is going through a hard time at his home. He feels alone and like a job that his kids have to attend to. Rosemary, the only respectful nurse, is his hope. She doesn't talk down to him, but as an equal. She treats him to food that otherwise the home wouldn't provide; such as fresh fruit... and not from a can! When Rosemary tells him that she is moving he begins to think how is he going to survive here without her?

Joe R edited the themes of Water for Elephants Sunday, May 22, 2011.

• Added a theme: Life and Death: This book is a back and forth game of life and death, the novel wouldn't even have happened if it weren't for the death's in the beginning. From the death of the circus, a new life for Jacob and Marlena is born. And there's a struggle for Jacob to stay alive during the entire novel.
• marked the description of Life and Death as not a spoiler
• Added a theme: Isolation
• Added a theme: Sex

Michael edited the themes of Water for Elephants Tuesday, March 29, 2011.

• Edited a theme: Rosemary represented hope.Hope: The whole time in his home, the nurses treat him like he is not a man. They treat him as if less than. He is going through a hard time at his home. He feels alone and like a job that his kids have to attend to. RosemaryRosemary, the only respectful nurse, is his hope. She doesn't talk down to him, but as an equal. She treats him to food that otherwise the home wouldn't provide; such as fresh fruit... and not from a can! When Rosemary tells him that she is moving he begins to think how is he going to survive here without her?

TheW4nted edited the themes of Water for Elephants Tuesday, February 1, 2011.

• Removed a theme: Rosie: Rosie is literally the elephant in the room, but she also embodied the figurative elephant in the room — the works and performers' feelings toward August. He was hard on her when she didn't do what he wanted, just like he was toward the rest of the crew, but with Rosie he let himself lash out more than he would allow himself to at the other performers. Because she was an animal, she had her natural instincts and could react based on those alone instead of holding back due to circumstances like the performers would.
• marked the description of Rosie as not a spoiler

TheW4nted edited the themes of Water for Elephants Tuesday, February 1, 2011.

• marked the description of Rosie as not a spoiler

followthebeat edited the themes of Water for Elephants Sunday, January 2, 2011.

• Added a theme: Rosie: Rosie is literally the elephant in the room, but she also embodied the figurative elephant in the room — the works and performers' feelings toward August. He was hard on her when she didn't do what he wanted, just like he was toward the rest of the crew, but with Rosie he let himself lash out more than he would allow himself to at the other performers. Because she was an animal, she had her natural instincts and could react based on those alone instead of holding back due to circumstances like the performers would.
• marked the description of Rosie as a spoiler

Sophia P edited the themes of Water for Elephants Tuesday, July 27, 2010.

• Added a theme: Rosemary represented hope.: The whole time in his home, the nurses treat him like he is not a man. They treat him as if less than. He is going through a hard time at his home. He feels alone and like a job that his kids have to attend to. Rosemary is his hope. She doesn't talk down to him, but as an equal. She treats him to food that otherwise the home wouldn't provide; such as fresh fruit... and not from a can! When Rosemary tells him that she is moving he begins to think how is he going to survive here without her?
• marked the description of Rosemary represented hope. as not a spoiler