Water for Elephants: Week 6, Post B

"Let him examine me. Just let him. Today I am invincible" (279). This quote happens when Jacob is telling Uncle Al Marlena and Jacob's plan. He is afraid that Uncle Al might realize what Jacob and Marlena are doing behind-the-scenes and he is concerned that that will make Uncle Al not be so in favor of their plan. No one wants to get on Uncle Al's bad side, so that they don't get redlighted or something even worse than that maybe. What this quote means is that although Jacob feels nervous and is worried about Unlce Al redlighting (getting rid of) him, he feels like he's on top of the world at this moment. He is not worried about much (except getting redlighted), but even that isn't a big deal to him right now. He is in love, and he feels like his life is going really good because of that. I think that being in love does that to a person. It is an incredible feeling to be in love. You feel like you're on top of the world, and that nothing will bring you down from up there. Nothing can happen to make you life miserable when you're in love. This is exactly how Jacob feels when he is talking to Uncle Al. the reason he "lets Uncle Al 'examine him'". All because he is on top of the world and nothing can bring him down. This is an important quote that describing exactly how Jacob felt at that moment.