Second Critical Article Summary

The second critical article that I have decided to comment on is a article writen by Elizabeth Judd. This article is written to personally promote the novel because of the great storyline and interesting events. The author shares that the story begins violently and veers into weirder terrain. The author believes Sara Gruen creates a circus that uses morality to symbolize the warped vigor of capitalism. Elizabeth Judd states that Water for Elephants resembles stealth hits such as The Giant House and The Lovely Bones both books are outrageously whimsical premises with crowd-pleasing romanticism. The author touches on the fact that throughout the book there is black-and-white pictures of circus scenes which she belives evoke and dignified power contained in the quiter moments of this unusual plot. Sara Gruen demonstrates themes thata re very important in creating the effect of a fairytail. The author Elizabeth Judd ends the article on a high note by saying that the it was one of her favourite storylines and enjoyed reading the book.