Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin

In the record elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin the writing panache that is used by dint ofout the book is magical realism. Magical realism is when a story blurs the character between fantasy and reality. It is characterized by an equal acceptance of the usual and the extraordinary. In the story, a teen progress girl named Liz dies by a hit and run driver while she is on her behavior to meet her best friend. by and by this horrific incident, Liz finds herself waking up on a institutionalise on its way to a new world by the name of Elsewhere. Elsewhere is the future for all living creatures. gentlemans gentleman and animals a give care live unitedly with the ability to communicate with each(prenominal) other. Some humans live with the ability to speak canine tooth and communicate verbally with their pets. What is fire about this future is that the inhabitants age backwards until they put across cardinal age old, and at this sendence they are released back to humanity t o be reborn. The concept of the afterlife has been widely accepted through the ages but in this romance it uses symbols from ancient civilizations.\nLiz awoke on a large channel correspondent to a cruise liner. Because it is the passage to the afterlife the name of the ship is quite symbolic. The S.S. Nile represents the preparation of the trunk to the nigh world. Just like the mummies of Egypt, the passengers on the SS Nile are spruced 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 clean-living nightgown. Liz herself is wearing tweed men style pajamas. (p.11). The color blanched refers to the white burial get dressed used for mummies. The color white also represents purity to the next world.\nEgypt is referenced to several measure in the novel by using the image of water. passim the ages water has symbolized purity and transformation. When the babies reach the age of seven days old they are sent back to earth by being swaddled and sent heap the river. Ther...