1. Water for elephants
Monica, jb and Kelsey

2. POEMS 💁 📢

3. introduction
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Answer key points of this presentation on the sheet below and at the end you may receive a reward.
Please do not fall asleep, you will not get any candy that way.

4. thesis
Jacob’s questioning of his identity as a man makes him more susceptible to the influence of the other men.

5. quotes

6. Page 15
”I am, as far as I can tell, the oldest male virgin on the face of the earth. Certainly no one else my age is willing to admit it… Not too long ago some of the guys on my football team paid a woman a quarter apiece to let them do it...”

7. PAGE 58
”I don’t give a damn what it is – even if I gave you a job on the show, you wouldn’t survive. Not for a week. Not for a day. The show is a well-oiled machine, and only the toughest make it. But then you wouldn’t know anything about tough, would you, Mr. College Boy?...”

8. PAGE 28
”Now I’m not virgin to liquor, but moonshine is another beast entirely. It burns hellfire through my chest and head. I catch my breath and fight back tears, staring Camel straight in the eyes even as my lungs threaten to combust”

9. PAGE 134
”I can’t answer. I can’t tell him that not only have I disgraced myself beyond belief or redemption, but I have also failed at my first opportunity to have sex – something I’ve thought about pretty much constantly for the last eight years. Not to mention throwing up one of the women who was offering and then passing out…”

10. PAGE 146
”My father felt it his duty to continue to treat animals long after he stopped getting paid… There is no question that I am the only thing standing between these animals and the business practices of August and Uncle Al, and what my father would do – what my father would want me to do – is look after them and I am filled with absolute and unwavering conviction. No matter what I did last night, I cannot leave these animals. I am their shepard, their protector. And it’s more than a duty. It’s a covanent with my father.”

11. CRAFT OF WRITING

12. DIALOGUE
Dialogue between Jacob and other men shows his perception of masculinity shifts throughout the book.
In the beginning, Jacob thinks that masculinity is based around having sex, drinking, and who is the toughest guy.
Starts to develop own view of masculinity.

13. Flash forward
Shows his attitude as an old man versus being in his twenties.
Puts a lot of emphasis on sex and masculinity as a young man.
This helps us see his development as man because we can easily contrast his young self with his old self.

14. Symbolism Jacob’s virginity is a symbol relating to his masculinity.
Feels as though he is less of a man.
It follows him around which makes him more insecure around other men.

15. photos
Photos shown at the beginning of each chapter displays the masculinity within the era of these circus shows.
They display physical labor and a high-testosterone environment.
The era of the Great Depression, men were expected to do hard labor to contribute for their families.
Masculinity was important to them because it supplied them with income for their loved ones.

16. Visual Text