Because Of Winn Dixie. Winn-Dixie is a supermarket chain located. Opal Buloni and her preacher dad move to little ol' Naomi, Florida from little ol' Watley, Florida.
The dog changes her life, helps her make her friends, and gives her someone to confide in for the first time. Winn-Dixie is the thread that connects each of them to Opal because they can all recognize the innocence and devotion of the pup. All without doubt sweet and warm-hearted, but there is another film with a similar story that is.
I started walking and he followed along behind me as I went out of the produce department and down the cereal aisle and past all the cashiers and out the door.
The book gives one hope that one set back does not mean the end.
Because of Winn-Dixie, the preacher tells Opal ten things about her absent mother, one for each year Opal has been alive. Opal and Winn-Dixie are alike because they are both sort of "ugly ducklings" who feel like they have been abandoned and need someone to care about them. Ten-year-old India Opal Buloni describes her first summer in the town of Naomi, Florida, and all the good things that happen to her because of her big ugly dog Winn-Dixie.