Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin

In the book Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin the writing flair that is utilize throughout the book is charming realism. Magical realism is when a story blurs the distinction amongst fantasy and reality. It is characterized by an comp are acceptance of the ordinary and the extraordinary. In the story, a teen maturate fille bear ond Liz dies by a bear on and run driver turn she is on her way to ensure her best friend. After this steep incident, Liz finds herself waking up on a broadcast on its way to a new world by the name of Elsewhere. Elsewhere is the afterlife for either living creatures. Humans and animals resembling live together with the power to send with each other. near humans have the magnate to speak canine and communicate verbally with their pets. What is interesting almost this afterlife is that the inhabitants age ass until they reach seven over-the-hill age old, and at this time they are released back to Earth to be reborn. The concept of the afterlife has been wide accepted through the ages unless in this novel it uses symbols from antediluvian patriarch civilizations.\nLiz awoke on a voluminous ship similar to a cruise liner. Because it is the transportation to the afterlife the name of the ship is kind of symbolic. The S.S. Nile represents the preparation of the body to the bordering world. Just like the mummies of Egypt, the passengers on the SS Nile are dressed in preparation for the afterlife. When Liz awoke on the ship she was cocooning herself in the bedclothes. (p. 10) Liz looks at Thandis washrag nightgown. Liz herself is eroding white men style pajamas. (p.11). The color white refers to the white burial dressing apply for mummies. The color white likewise represents purity to the next world.\nEgypt is reference to several times in the novel by employ the image of body of water. Throughout the ages water has symbolized purity and transformation. When the babies reach the age of seven days old they are sent b ack to earth by cosmos swaddled and sent down the river. Ther...