Tuesday, July 19, 2011

What you might learn if you read it.

Almost every book that we take the time to read usually has a theme or various themes to it. Well this book was not the exception. "Eat Pray Love" had one big message in all, but every section in the book had its own theme. The big board theme the book had as whole was to find yourself, and also find what makes your life worth living for. I understood this theme by the various things that went on in her life, and how she explained it. The first part I understood that was the theme was when she decided to travel around the world. Every time she went to a new place she would learn something new about herself that she did not know before. For example in Italy Liz learned how to be a care free person. She did this by not letting her gaining of weight get to her. Another thing that made Liz find herself was when she got her divorce from her husband, when she got her divorce from her husband she was able to become the person she wanted to be and not live a fake life, and do things she did not want to. In India Liz discovered herself when she became a better praying person. When Liz managed to become a better prayer she also was able to connect more with-in herself. Last thing Liz did to find herself in my perspective was finding the love of her life in Indonesia. I think this helped Liz find herself because when you find your soul mate they help you discover more of yourself. In my opinion the second part of the theme as a whole book which is discover something that makes life worth living for came from Liz being able to write the book. I think this because, Liz managed to share her experiences with everyone who brought her happiness, and happiness always makes you want to keep on going. Now from each section in the book you might also learn a thing or two. One thing that I learned from Italy which was the part "eat" learning how to have fun, and healing from a hard past. I learned this from this part of the book by Liz taking the time to forget everything in her past, and also living day by day her life and not really caring. I also got this message by Liz trying new things and finding out she enjoyed them. In India the main theme was to learn discipline. I understood this when Liz was having a hard time with bettering her praying. Liz learned that when she had a talk with one of the other person staying there and taught her what she did. That she kinda had to let it come to her but that she had to be strong and not let it put her down when she was not getting it in her first tries. The last part of the book I think tells you to learn how to apply everything that you learn into your life. I think Liz did this when she went back to the medicine man and she continued to learn about herself. Another way Liz was able to do this was when she was strong enough to stand up to one of her friends and told her what to   do, not because it was going to be beneficial for her, but because she cared. And the last thing she applied this to was when she allowed herself to fall in love with someone. Even though you might read the book and not learn the same things that I learned its still worth a shot, because you just might learn something better, or something that will impact your life for good. 

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