Jacob In The Circus Essay

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Everything begins when Jacob, who is the Main Character, was outside after a circus performance, and he missed his ride to this home. The circus manager came to Jacob and tell him that he has to come inside. The manager made a lot of call because he was trying to find the old folks home, but the manager figured out that Jacob was part of a circus. Furthermore, the manager was excited when he figured out that Jacob knew what happened in the most famous circus disaster in the history. Then, Jacob tells about his history of what happened in 1931. The Story take place when Jacob was taking his last test to get a degree of Veterinary, he received a really bad news. Jacob’s parents died in a car accident, so Jacob is left homeless and broke. Because …show more content…
On the night, August invited Jacobs to eat dinner with him and Marlene. During the dinner, August asked Jacob to the bull man, and train Rosie. After a couples of drinks August got very drunk, and Marlene put him in the bed. Then, Jacob said that he should go, but Marlene tell him to stay and dance with her one song. After they almost kissed, Marlene tell Jacob that he should leave. Next day, during the Rosie trainer August took the bull hook and hit Rosie really hard with it. August was trying to show Jacobs how to demonstrate the animals who is the boss. Later that day, during the performance August tried to put too much force on Rosie who freak out and leave the stadium. After the show was done, August took the bull hook and beats Rosie with it. Jacob tried to stop August, but one of the circus’ worker held him …show more content…
This is movie tells what happened on the 1931 about the most important disaster circus. Because this Movie is based on the 1930s; therefore, it was during the Great Depression and the Prohibited era. First, the Great Depression which was the deepest and longest-lasting economic downturn in the history if United State, it is mention many time during the movie. When Jacob’s parents died and Jacob went to talk to the bank, they said the house was property of the bank, and because the crisis he would not receive any help. Then, the Circus lost the primary act which was the horses, they were scared to do no sell any tickets because people was really concerned about the Great Depression that was happened during those

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