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i love your ideas about the false reality we are told through the book. It really makes so much sense. When i read people talk about how the elephant symbolizes his great memory, i thought it was a little rediculous because he obviously does not have a good memory. these were very thoughtful ideas. Also, i was never really satisfied with the ending, Jacob leaving the nursinghome for he circus. It just seemed too rediculous, but putting it this way makes it much more sensible
Whoa! Your comments make that book suck a whole lot less for me. Thanks!
I really had not thought about it that way at all - your comments have mne wanting to do a re-read to consider the possibilities.
This is a good answer too! I never thought about it that way. I have taken to being wary of first person, because that tends to be the least reliable narrator.
You have a fascinating theory about this book! I never even thought of that, but it makes sense! I took a more superficial meaning of the title, thinking only about the man who claims he carried water for elephants without ever relating it back to Jacob. I love this idea though!
This is exactly what I thought when I read the book.
VERY interesting hypothesis! I took his running off and joining the circus as his death. I thought it was a metaphor for escaping (the annoyances of the nursing home, the limitations of his own body and mind, etc.) and a "return home," if you will, to a time when he was young and in love and with Marlena. But I hadn't given the title a second thought and also thought the old man saying he carried water for elephants was just a lead-in. You have me wanting to re-read the story now to look for support for your hypothesis :)
Whoops, I just edited this, and I think I lost my votes and comments. Ah well...
I was planning to say that the older I get, the more malleable my memory becomes. By time I'm 90, I don't think I'll be able to tell the difference between memory and fantasy anymore!
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i love your ideas about the false reality we are told through the book. It really makes so much sense. When i read people talk about how the elephant symbolizes his great memory, i thought it was a little rediculous because he obviously does not have a good memory. these were very thoughtful ideas. Also, i was never really satisfied with the ending, Jacob leaving the nursinghome for he circus. It just seemed too rediculous, but putting it this way makes it much more sensible
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Whoa! Your comments make that book suck a whole lot less for me. Thanks!
I really had not thought about it that way at all - your comments have mne wanting to do a re-read to consider the possibilities.
This is a good answer too! I never thought about it that way. I have taken to being wary of first person, because that tends to be the least reliable narrator.
You have a fascinating theory about this book! I never even thought of that, but it makes sense! I took a more superficial meaning of the title, thinking only about the man who claims he carried water for elephants without ever relating it back to Jacob. I love this idea though!
This is exactly what I thought when I read the book.
VERY interesting hypothesis! I took his running off and joining the circus as his death. I thought it was a metaphor for escaping (the annoyances of the nursing home, the limitations of his own body and mind, etc.) and a "return home," if you will, to a time when he was young and in love and with Marlena. But I hadn't given the title a second thought and also thought the old man saying he carried water for elephants was just a lead-in. You have me wanting to re-read the story now to look for support for your hypothesis :)
Whoops, I just edited this, and I think I lost my votes and comments. Ah well...I was planning to say that the older I get, the more malleable my memory becomes. By time I'm 90, I don't think I'll be able to tell the difference between memory and fantasy anymore!
