Gruen's Message

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It seems as if most of you really enjoyed reading Sara Gruen's Water for Elephants, which makes me soooo happy!  The time has come to analyze the work as a whole and determine what you took from it; what message did Gruen send to you?  If this story has a moral or a lesson, what is it?  What about the novel was particularly enjoyable for you as a reader?  Explain.