The theme in
Water fo Elephants is admiration can be dangerous. The theme first became present when the owner of the circus, Uncle Al, goes out of his way to get an elephant from an abandoned circus to compete with the Ring Ling Brothers. Over the course of the story, he continues to take drastic measures to get what he thinks will make him the best. Also, the main character Jacob, falls in love with Marlena who is married to August. Jacob tries to grow a relationship with Marlena which proves to be very risky. August catches on and Jacob gets into a lot of trouble. These two situations together prove that admiration can be dangerous because both events involve someone competing to be better than someone and getting jealous of what another person has and they both end up with someone getting hurt.
Water For Elephants This article gives a summary of the book and gives people's opinions on the book.
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