Because of Winn Dixie is a heart warming tale of a young girl that encounters a dog in a grocery store. She is new in town and with the help of the dog, that her dad lets her keep, she gets to know everyone and become friends with them. It doesn't have the perfect ending, but it does have a great one. This book portrays the genre of a realistic fiction by the actors, the scenery, the events, and the plot.
             The characters resemble real people in every aspect. The little girl, Opal, has normal features of hair, hands, feet, and she is wearing shorts with a t-shirt. Every student can picture in their mind a little girl their age to be Opal. Even girls that are reading it can put themselves in Opal's shoes on her adventures. Opal's dad, the preacher, is a regular dad. He is a somewhat slender man with dark hair and a bit quiet. Most dads around girls are quiet because mom usually takes care of the girls, so most people can relate to his character being a quiet dad. The dog might be a little over exaggerated but it makes students think that it might just be true. When the author makes the dog smile, it could just look like the dog is smiling but not really be smiling. Opal believes that the dog does smile and that is what is important to her and everyone else. Everyone Opal meets in the book are also believable. No one does magic or has unnatural features. Yet everyone is different. Throughout the story all the characters evolve differently, but all the characters come together in the end to support each other.
             The scenery includes a pet store, a trailer park, a small church, and a small town all these places are in. This also supports the realistic fiction criteria. Every student can picture these places in the heads easily enough because they have encountered them before. Some students may not have seen a trailer park in real life, but they can take what they have seen from television to picture t...