Liz Gilbert Quotes And Techniques

Liz Gilbert had to go through a depressive time where she had to divorce her husband because of her loss of confusion, fear, grief and shame. After her divorce, she decided to travel to Italy, India and Indonesia. First, she went to Italy to pursuit pleasure, and then she went to India to pursuit devotion. Lastly, she went to Indonesia to pursuit balance between divine transcendence and enjoyment.
During chapters one to fourteen, Liz Gilbert was with her husband in New York. After her divorce, she decided to travel to Italy, Indonesia and India.
Elizabeth Gilbert is the protagonist in the novel. Elizabeth is an open-minded and a helpful person. For example, she asked her friends and family to donate money for her friend Wayan to buy a house.
Since the genre of the book is an autobiography, Gilbert only talks about her life and personal experiences. For instance, she would say I remember kneeling down one morning, touching my forehead to the floor and mutter- 176. She would always start with her first sentence saying “I”. Gilbert uses a lot of literary devices and conversational language. She uses many similes in her writing. For example, she says that her relationship with David is similar to the plunge that a circus performer makes off a platform. In the same passage, she writes “I clung to David for escape from marriage as if he were the last helicopter pulling out of Saignon" (18). In this quote, Elizabeth is trying to say that David is a last hope to escape her marriage. In the first and the second chapter of the book she doesn’t focus on the desperation that she had in her relationship with David. She doesn’t reveal her personal issues with her husband, and that’s why there was a misunderstanding in her relationship. Elizabeth sounds like she’s dictating her story to her friend, rather than writing the book. She describes depression and loneliness shadowing her in Italy. She used different methods of harassment to portray her