4/8/2023 0 Comments Winn doxie![]() ![]() Winn-Dixie follows Opal to practically everywhere.She becomes fond of Winn-Dixie as they spend so much time together, however, she still misses her mother, mama, and asks the preacher to tell her ten things about her.Opal agrees as she takes good care of the dog which she had named Winn-Dixie. The preacher is reluctant to allow Opal to keep the dog but later agrees on terms that she would take proper care of him.Opal returns home from the errand but has more than groceries in hand, she had found a stray dog and brought him home.She has just recently moved to the town with her father the preacher and is to run errands for her father at the grocery store. 11 years old Opal narrates a story of last summer when she was 10 years old. ![]() This is seen in how she is able to muster the inner strength to let go of mama and all the nostalgic feelings around her preventing her (Opal) from being happy and enjoying her life as is given to her. Great courage and bravery are shown in ‘ Because of Winn-Dixie’, particularly with the book’s protagonist Opal. Opal first finds companionship in an unlikely character, Winn-Dixie, a stray dog she found in the grocery store, then she is taught how to find the best in even the worse people and make a friend and companion out of them. There’s also the feeling of loneliness accompanied by it: for Opal, she longs for the warmth and livelinesses of her mother for the preacher, he misses the love of his life and can’t appear to move on past that reality.īeing there for each other and doing everything possible to be happy in the company of others is the reason the book has a happy ending for most of the characters – including Opal. Mama leaving cause causes a huge void in both their lives, causing a breakdown in the father-daughter relationship they should be enjoying. On abandonment, the readers notice how the absence of mama, Opal’s mother – (who disappears when Opal was three years), affects Opal and her father, the preacher. There’s a general feeling of abandonment resulting in loneliness in Kate DiCamillo’s ‘ Because of Winn-Dixie’ – these are mostly reflected through the character of Opal but also with several others. The themes here are very touching and some of the best ones will be examined.īecause of Winn-Dixie Themes Abandonment and loneliness Amongst the themes floated by ‘Because of Winn-Dixie’, topics that border around giving friendship a whirl, putting oneself in someone else’s shoes, and understanding people despite their sad, unpleasant past – among other things are well packed in the book. ![]()
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