Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin

In the word of honor elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin the writing panache that is used through and throughout the book is magical naturalism. Magical realism is when a story blurs the note between fantasy and reality. It is characterized by an equal acceptance of the modal(a) and the extraordinary. In the story, a teen historic period girl named Liz dies by a hit and run number one wood while she is on her bearing to meet her best friend. subsequently this horrific incident, Liz finds herself waking up on a get off on its way to a new world by the name of Elsewhere. Elsewhere is the hereafter for all living creatures. universe and animals a desire live unitedly with the ability to communicate with for each one other. Some humans take for the ability to speak dogtooth and communicate verbally with their pets. What is fire about this future is that the inhabitants age backwards until they chafe vii geezerhood old, and at this judg manpowert of conviction they are relea sed back to kingdom to be reborn. The concept of the afterlife has been widely accepted through the ages but in this refreshful it uses symbols from ancient civilizations.\nLiz awoke on a large mail sympathetic to a cruise liner. Because it is the tape transport to the afterlife the name of the ship is quite symbolic. The S.S. Nile repre moves the preparation of the form to the conterminous world. Just like the mummies of Egypt, the passengers on the SS Nile are change in preparation for the afterlife. When Liz awoke on the ship she was cocooning herself in the bedclothes. (p. 10) Liz looks at Thandis snow-clad nightgown. Liz herself is wearing pureness men style pajamas. (p.11). The color smock refers to the white burial bandaging used for mummies. The color white also represents purity to the next world.\nEgypt is referenced to several clock in the novel by using the image of water. end-to-end 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 stilt the river. Ther...