Because of Winn Dixie by Kate DiCamillo (Book Summary and Review) - Minute Book Report

This is a quick book summary and analysis of Because of Winn Dixie by Kate DiCamillo. This channel discusses and reviews books, novels, and short stories through drawing...poorly. New Minute Book Reports are posted every week.
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This is a story about a red-haired girl named India Opal who moves to Naomi, Florida with her father, the preacher. Opal is quiet and shy, often wondering why her mother has left them, while her father is absorbed in his work, preparing his weekly sermons.
While shopping in a grocery store, Opal meets a wild dog and claims him as her pet, naming him Winn-Dixie after the grocery store.
Opal brings Winn-Dixie home and introduces him to her father. The dog becomes a member of the family and they soon learn that Winn-Dixie can't be left alone.
Because Opal is new in town, she hasn't made a lot of friends. She spends most of her time in the library, listening to the librarian, Ms. Franny, tell stories.
Opal meets and befriends an old lady named Gloria, who the local kids have nicknamed "The Witch." Gloria is nearly blind, but has a good heart.
Opal then becomes friends with Otis, a musician and ex-con who works at the local pet shop. She offers to work in the store if he will sell her a collar and leash for Winn-Dixie.
Opal and Gloria plan a party with sandwiches and punch. All of Opal's new friends are invited, including a pair of boys that tease her and a couple of other girls.
During the party, it begins to rain and so everyone is forced into the house. Then Opal notices that Winn-Dixie is gone. Opal and her father search for the dog in the rain and can't find him.
In the end, they return to the house and find that Winn-Dixie is with everyone, listening to music and enjoying the party.
Initially, readers can recognize the distance between Opal and her parents, which sets the tone for a somewhat lonely novel. Opal is separated physically from her mother, but emotionally from her father, referring to him as "preacher" rather than father or dad.
Furthermore, sadness is a major theme in this story. Opal often wonders why her mother left. And it's this sadness that is eventually uprooted at the end when Opal and her father have an intimate discussion while searching for Winn-Dixie. Even the candy that Ms. Franny shares gives people a taste of melancholy and sadness.
Along with sadness, regret is also a theme in this story. Each of the characters deals with the past differently. For Opal, she tells the story of her mother to others to deal with the pain she feels inside. For Gloria, she decorates a tree with old alcohol bottles to remind her of her past struggles with drinking. And for Opal's father, he often internalizes his pain, pushing harder into his work.
But this sadness and regret leads to the message of this story: Love while you can and when that object of affection is gone, it's time to move on. And while this message does have a negative connotation, it also reminds readers to take advantage of the time to love right now, because it might be taken away at any moment.
Through Minute Book Reports, hopefully you can get the plot and a few relevant discussion points in just a couple of minutes.
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thank you ! i have a report about this today so

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Who here HAS read the book and WATCHED the movie? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Also Minute Book Reports you did a VERY good job! And It's EXACTLY like the book is!

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I didn't read the book, but the movie made me feel the same way the game Dogs Life from ps2 did, so nostalgic

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Just to much music Can’t here you so 4/18 thank guys

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Not all heros wear capes. I've read this book but i forgot a bunch of it. THANK YOUUUU!!!!!!!!!

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I'm in 5th grade and then I read the book and it's really interesting and now that I finished it my whole class has to do a book review and it's about writing or typing 3 paragraphs and then draw a picture in a blank paper then the teacher will staple it on the front the writing/typing on the next pg and a rubric next to the writing/typing and I'm stuck with the pic cause I suck at drawing but I'm done with my 3 paragraphs.

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Alan Martinez I read it in 5th to and I just saw it was being added to Disney+ and I automatically knew what that book was but I don't remember it being about that

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Yo we both in 8th grade now

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henry mhmm

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I’m reading this book in class and I don’t wanna spoil it

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i loved the book

[@gachakidz1947]

Opal has blonde hair ok :)
Plus I read this when I was in second grade
I love this but so much scribble

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@Gacha Kidz um...The movie said she had blonde hair. The book said she had red hair . also can you see that this is a BOOK SUMMARY, not a movie summary? ( no offence)

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Thanks for continuing to watch.

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I am in third grade I love the book🌈

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I am in third grade

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Thank you 🙏🏽

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good i finished watcin it today in my 6th grade 1st pireiod

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i like this. this is for my bood report

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Nah this actually saved me

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I saw the movie before its sp good

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I eVEN BOUGHT THE BOOOKK :DDDDDD

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To much background sound.

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I read Winne Dixie in 4rth grade

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I am in 3rd grade and I am reading Winn Dixie by the way my name is jayla the names you see now that is my parents names

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Enjoy the book. It's a good one.

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I'm in the
3rd grade and I already read the book Because of Winn Dixie now we're watching the movie you should see the movie because it's awesome and my friends think it's better than the book

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JuiceyJuice jaylah romutah?

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JuiceyJuice same but I'm in fourth

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[@lamblyn]

Cujo is possibly a Prequel to because of Winn-Dixie, Opals mom didn't abandon them, she vanished without a trace cause she was eaten alive by Cujo. Plot twist-Winn Dixie is one of Cujo's pups.

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I'm not here because of an essay, I just miss this movie

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The music is too loud in the background. It's hard to hear what you're saying.

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good work but next time say it slower

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How did you do the drawings?

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Love this book

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2010

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I read this book at school

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I really like your UA-cam