Orphaned, he quit school and went wandering until he came across a traveling circus troupe, which hired him as their veterinarian. This argument led to Jacob’s flashback to the period when he was hired as a circus veterinarian during the Great Depression.ħ0 years earlier, while Jacob was studying to veterinary medicine at Cornell University, he lost his parents to car accident.
McGuinty said that he “used to carry water for the elephants.” Jacob accused McGuinty of lying because it is impossible to give water to elephants because of how much they consume. One day, while dining with fellow nursing home residents, he was provoked by the remarks of Joseph McGuinty. The story is narrated by Jacob Jankowksi, a 93-year-old Polish American nursing home resident. Unintentionally, it was left to gather dust until 2018 when I resolved to reduce my unread read list. However, when I saw a copy of the book on a second hand book store, I bought it.
The cover and the title piqued my curiosity but I wasn’t too keen on availing a copy of the book. Back then, I had no inkling that it was a book adaptation until I saw the book on a bookstore. I first heard about Water for Elephants as a movie top-billed by Hollywood royalties Robert Pattinson and Reese Witherspoon. So here I am again, devouring yet another period piece. He also meets Rosie, an elephant who seems untrainable until he discovers a way to reach her. It is there that he meets Marlena, the beautiful young star of the equestrian act, who is married to August, the charismatic but twisted animal trainer.
A veterinary student who almost earned his degree, Jacob is put in charge of caring for the circus menagerie. When Jacob Jankowski, recently orphaned and suddenly adrift, jumps onto a passing train, he enters a world of freaks, drifters, and misfits, a second-rate circus struggling to survive during the Great Depression, making one-night stands in town after endless town.
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