Who was Opal named after in because of Winn dixie

Before she was born, he was a missionary in India, and that was how she got her name. The Preacher did not call her India Opal though; he called her by her middle name, Opal. Opal and Winn-Dixie walked to the trailer park where she lived.

the word that best matches the meaning of the expression "went to the big ocean" is died.

the goldfish died, which is why the father looks at the children mournfully. the "big ocean" is the father's way of saying fish heaven. he could have just said that the goldfish died, but this way, the children imagine the fish in a bigger, better place instead of just picturing a dead fish.

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