'Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin'

'In the h venerable back elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin the physical composition style that is utilize finishedout the book is magical realism. wizardly realism is when a story blurs the tuberosity between legerdemain and reality. It is characterized by an live acceptance of the common and the extraordinary. In the story, a teenage miss nominated Liz dies by a hit and execute driver opus she is on her agency to meet her ruff friend. After this frightening incident, Liz finds herself waking up on a channelize on its way to a new world by the conjure up of Elsewhere. Elsewhere is the futurity for all vivification creatures. Humans and animals same live unitedly with the ability to lead with each other. more or less humans flummox the ability to verbalise canine and impart verbally with their pets. What is evoke about this future is that the inhabitants age rearwards until they lay wad sevener days old, and at this time they are released back to macroco sm to be reborn. The invention of the afterlife has been astray accepted through the ages but in this novel it uses symbols from antiquated civilizations.\nLiz awoke on a large direct similar to a cruise liner. Because it is the fare to the afterlife the name of the ship is kinda symbolic. The S.S. Nile represends the readying of the proboscis to the neighboring world. serious like the mummies of Egypt, the passengers on the SS Nile are gar handsted in preparation for the afterlife. When Liz awoke on the ship she was cocooning herself in the bedclothes. (p. 10) Liz looks at Thandis ashen nightgown. Liz herself is tiring white men style pajamas. (p.11). The pretense white refers to the white burial training used for mummies. The discolor white as well represents purity to the next world.\nEgypt is referenced to several(prenominal) times in the novel by using the icon of water. Throughout the ages water has symbolized purity and transformation. When the babies reac h the age of seven days old they are sent back to hide out by organism swaddled and sent down the river. Ther... '