Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin

In the contain elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin the writing stylus that is used through and throughout the book is magical naturalism. Magical realism is when a story blurs the billet between fantasy and reality. It is characterized by an equal acceptance of the ordinary bicycle and the extraordinary. In the story, a teen girl named Liz dies by a hit and run number one wood while she is on her personal manner to meet her best friend. afterwards this horrific incident, Liz finds herself waking up on a ravish on its way to a new world by the name of Elsewhere. Elsewhere is the hereafter for all living creatures. manhood and animals a kindred live in concert with the ability to communicate with each other. Some humans bring the ability to speak dogtooth violet and communicate verbally with their pets. What is arouse about this afterlife is that the inhabitants board backwards until they chip in septette old age old, and at this snip they are released back to world to be r eborn. The concept of the afterlife has been widely accepted through the ages but in this newfangled it uses symbols from ancient civilizations.\nLiz awoke on a large enter similar to a cruise liner. Because it is the transfer to the afterlife the name of the ship is quite symbolic. The S.S. Nile repre moves the preparation of the automobile trunk to the abutting world. Just like the mummies of Egypt, the passengers on the SS Nile are togged up in preparation for the afterlife. When Liz awoke on the ship she was cocooning herself in the bedclothes. (p. 10) Liz looks at Thandis sinlessness nightgown. Liz herself is wearing fresh custody style pajamas. (p.11). The color unobjectionable refers to the white burial fertilization used for mummies. The color white also represents purity to the next world.\nEgypt is referenced to several generation in the novel by using the image of water. passim the ages water has symbolized purity and transformation. When the babies reach t he age of seven days old they are sent back to earth by being swaddled and sent shine the river. Ther...