Water for Elephants blog

When we had the discussions on characters yesterday, I felt that when people in the class were discussing Jacob they were giving him a pretty hard time. The main character in the very interesting book Water for Elephants is easily the most likable and enjoyable person to read about in my opinion, our entire reading selection so far. I remember when some of my classmates mentioned how naive he was and pointed out certain parts (like when he could do nothing while the poor elephant Rosie took abuse from the psycho August) all I could think was well yeah, what else could he have done? I get the feeling that some people believe just because someone is a made-up character in a fictional novel, that somehow means they don't have to follow simple rules of logic. If Jacob did anything against August or the crooked ring-leader Uncle Al, he would have been fired or killed, end of story. Jacob did what only could have been done at the time and does a little good through the whole story(caring for the animals, helping out his friend Camel) which makes me enjoy this book even more.