Love The Main Theme?

Chapters 6 and 7 of Water for Elephants is a very passionate and emotional time during the book where Sara Gruen finally shows her love and respect for animals. Chapter 6 starts out with one of the show horses "Silver Star" has been injured and is suffering from a serious amount of pain. Jacob being partial veterinarian looks over the horse and knows right away what exactly wrong and confronts Marlena the horse owner. Sara Gruen expresses her love for animals my creating a character that enjoys working with animals in her novel. The horse is then removed from the show to rest and try to overcome the life threatening injury. Jacob is then soon hired as the circus' vet instead of being somebody who is ordered around each time they enter a new city for their show. Sara Gruen incorporates that dedication is key to be noticed by others to succeed in a workplace environment. Chapter 7 brings the drama and curiousness into the novel by continuing the theme of love in the story. Jacob leaves Marlena worrying about Silver Star even though he has a clear understanding what most likely will happen to him. As time passes the horse begins to get worse and various decisions have to be made on whether it is worth the pain and suffering of Silver Star. Jacob then makes the decision to put the favourite show horse down and stop the pain of his injury. Sara Gruen chooses to constantly shows her personal feelings on animals through the characters of Marlena and Jacob. Gruen's theme of love in my opinion is the most influential and important theme in the novel. Up to this point in the book she is always providing her beliefs and opinions directly through the characters which makes the novel very personal and inspiring to read.