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C6
B."Circuses showcase human beings at their silliest and most sublime, and many unlikely literary figures have been drawn".
C. The book is set at the circus, it draws out their physical personality, but as time goes it helps show their mental personality.

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C5
B."Gruen's circus, with its frankly mercantile morality, symbolizes the warped vigor of capitalism".
C. The circus is the main reason everything flows so well.

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C4
B.The characters feel unusual, yet real- haven't met them, but you believe theyre out there.
C. Characters haven't developed in this book, but with the different settings it helped for development.

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C3
B. I see it as a great feat that Gruen was able to nail Jacob's character.
C. Jacobs character was done very well with much of it based on where he was at various times.

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C2
B. His emotional development and relationships of the other characters
C. Jacob personality has changed from the beginning towards meeting characters where he built trust with many of them

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C1
B. The perspective of her narrator is believeable in the presentation of the prose and the reality of his voice and person
C. The voice of two Jacobs show his love for the circus and his personality hasn't changed.

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O3
B. Some stories can take place only in certain settings.
C. Settings are very particular to some stories and a book like WFE has a specific place to help understand the crazy characters.

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O2
B. Characters unveil setting
C. By the way of how a character acts or looks, you can determine certain parts of the setting which helps understand where characters are in their time.

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O1
B. "The integral setting exerts a great deal of influence upon the values, speech, and actions of characters, the movement of plot, and the presentation of theme and mood"
C. Setting is more where something took place, it helps understand sometimes why these things happened

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P8
B. "She lifts the stake as though it weighs nothing and splits his head in a single clean movement--ponk-- like cracking a hardboiled  egg.
C. Rosie killed August during all the chaos at the circus and this ends up changing plans. Marlena and Jacob try to leave right away with the circus falling through.

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P7
B. "He spent the rest of the money on a goddamned elephant car."
C. August doesn't like how getting an elephant could bankrupt the circus with buying everything that the elephant needs.

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P6
B. "On the third rotation, I take her by the shoulders and press my mouth to hers."
C. In Chicago, during the riots Jacob and Marlena get into a building and start spicing their relationship up during this time."

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P5
B. "We must have finally reached Joliet."
C. Joliet was the town where they got Rosie the elephant. Rosie was the joy of Marlena during the circus performances.

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P4
B. "Besides, you're going to the circus tomorrow."
C. Present day Jacob has lived his life at the circus but still shows his favorite interest by wanting to visit it again.

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P3
B."I'm sorry, son. It was instant. There was nothing anyone could do."
C. Dean Wilkins tells Jacob of his parents death causing Jacob to go into a depression faze which changed his character as he left the place he had lived at forever.

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P2
B."You done jumped the Flying Squadron of the Bezini Brothers Most Spectacular Show on Earth."
C. This sets the whole setting of the book when Jacob jumps the circus train

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P1
B."Damn Prohibition, This stuff used to taste just fine till the goverment decided it shouldn't."
C. Camel says this to show he's frustrated. Prohibition started and changed many people during this time.

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