Summary Of Water For Elephants By Sara Gruen

Water for Elephants is a historical novel that was written by Sara Gruen.it was the beginning of the Great Depression. For Americans suffering through the worst serious money-based problem the country had ever gone through - with little money and food to go around - attending a circus performance would have seemed like an amazing, (very much/in an upset, hopeless way) needed an escape. Going to the circus would have been a (wished very much)-for, much-appreciated break for those who could afford the tickets. Think about it. These people didn't have TVs. They had little entertainment and no travel budgets. Plus, they had to wait for the circus to come to them -they couldn't travel to see it. It was written as part of National Novel Writing Month. …show more content…
The unusual title comes from an event at the beginning of the novel. Jacob makes fun of another resident at the nursing home who claims to have worked in the circus and carried water for the elephants. The circus train only carried a limited amount of water on board and elephants will drink at least twenty-six to eight gallons a day. In a later (scene or a sudden mental picture where earlier events are shown or remembered) to Jacob's younger years, Jacob is brought to Uncle Al, the manager of the circus, who teases in a mean way him with, "You want to carry water for the elephants, I suppose?"This novel won some awards and was nominated for a Quill Award for general fiction. It was a New York Times best-seller for twelve weeks in