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5.Comments:

• I did not know that inking and painting is more suitable for a women to do; I thought anybody can do it.
• Seems like inking and painting is very hard; inking and painting is precision work that requires neatness and patience.
• So I guess women are better than men; just kidding.
• I thought that using color for animated characters is hard but using color for animals is just as difficult; the animals have to stand out against the background.
• I don't think I do inking and painting because I have very little patience.

4.Questions:

• What is the difference between a No. 6 and a No. 7 brush?
• What is the Animation building?
• Who is Grace Bailey?
• How many girls are usually working in the paint lab?

3.Vocabulary:

• Truism: a self-evident, obvious truth.
• Dispensary: a charitable or public facility where medicines are furnished and free or inexpensive medical advice is available.
• Fruition: attainment of anything desired; realization; accomplishment.

2.Literary Terms:

• Imagery: "But the dragon is an evil black and purple color that is starkly outlined against the sky." (page 177)
• Direct Characterization: "Inking and painting is precision work that requires neatness and patience. Women seems to have those qualities, plus a necessary feeling for their work." (page 175)

1.Overview Sentence:

• Describes ink and paint ( how it is used and how it was made).

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5.Comments:

• I think color is very important to animation.
• I think that color represent what mood you are in; if you are in a bad mood you will probably wear dark colors but if you are in a good mood you might wear bright colors.
• I did not know that flowers and trees featured the first use of color in a movie cartoon; I thought it was the animated characters' clothing that featured the first use of color in a movie cartoon.
• I think that using color for animated characters is difficult because the colors represent the character's personality.
• I did not know that the use of color required close coordination between the animated characters and the background; it's similar to how teens like to have their clothes mathing.

4.Questions:

• Who is Wilfred Jackson?
• What does "muted colors" mean?
• What is the Technicolor process?
• Who is Art Riley?

3.Vocabulary:

• Biliousness: pertaining to bile or to an excess secretion of bile.
• Advent: a coming into place, view, or being; arrival.
• Unfeasible: not capable of being carried out or put into practice.

2.Literary Terms:

• Simile: "Absorbing color is like eating steak." (page 171)
• Imagery: "You look out the window and you will find there is gray in everything-the trees, the sky, the mountains." (page 174)

1.Overview Sentence:

• Describes more about colors and how it is used in animation.

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5.Comments:

• The making of an animated feature takes a lot of effort because it is a matter of putting an infinite number of pieces together; too much work for me to do.
• I did not know that the bakground artist is also a stylist.
• I think the background artist is important in making animation because they perform one of the most important functions in the production of picture.
• I think the layout men is important as well because they establishes the field of action and outlines the appearance of the set.
• I respect Eyvind Earle for not giving up on his dreams.

4.Questions:

• What is "Technirama"?
• What is "Flemish"?
• How much did the early Japanese print markers cost?
• Who is Pieter Brueghel?

3.Vocabulary:

• Provincial: belonging or peculiar to some particular province; local.
• Mosque: a Muslim temple or place of public worship.
• Alpine: of, pertaining to, on, or part of any lofty mountain.

2.Literary Terms:

• Direct Characterization: "Eyvind Earle loves trees. Especially ancient, time-encrusted ones." (page 164)
• Indirect Characterization: Returning to California, he applied at Disney once more in 1951." Eyvind Earle has perseverance and determination. (page 164)

1.Overview Sentence:

• Describes the background and color of the animations and describes about Eyvind Earle.

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5.Comments:

• I always thought that drawing females was hard but apparently that's not always true; in "Sleeping Beauty" it's really tough to draw the male hero.
• I thought that animators have always been artists but I was actually wrong; early animators weren't really artists, they developed into artists.
• Drawing humans is tough; the drawings have to be very detailed.
• Disney studio have high standards for hiring people to work; Disney studio hopes to find in applicants good draftmanship, ability to be polific, aptitude for technical perfection, sense of caricature, and sense of discernment.
• I don't think I could be an animator because I can't draw and I don't meet any of the requirements.

4.Questions:

• Why was money tight at the studio?
• Where is Chouinard Art School located?
• What is the relationship between animation and anatomy?
• Who were the top animators at Disney studio?

3.Vocabulary:

• Discernment: the faculty of discerning; discrimination; acuteness of judgment and understanding.
• Aptitude: capability; ability; innate or acquired capacity for something; talent.
• Intermittent: stopping or ceasing for a time; alternately ceasing and beginning again.

2.Literary Terms:

• Imagery: "A great section of earth juts upward with a roaring quake ... A flicker of lightning licks across a mountain plain ... A flaming tree hurtles to the ground." (page 153)
• Indirect Characterization: "Banjo player Harper Goff was always breaking a string." Harper Goff is not a very professional banjo player. (page 159)

1.Overview Sentence:

• Describes what Disney studio looks in an applicant, how animators draw human beings, and animation effects.

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5.Comments:

• I did not know that Disney craftsmen created the multiplane camera in the middle thirties (I never knew that there was even a multiplane camera).
• A multiplane camera has many parts to it such as the camera carriage, exhaust, overlay foreground plan, etc.
• I would love to see or use a multiplane camera.
• I did not know that the multiplane camera was used to great effect in the opening scenes of "Bambi".
• I did not know that there was two types of multiplane cameras; the horizontal and vertical multiplane cameras.

4.Questions:

• Are there still multiplane cameras being used?
• Who is Dick Anthony?
• Who is Bob Ferguson?
• Who is Ken Anderson?

3.Vocabulary:

• Divergent: diverging; differing; deviating.
• Ephemeral: lasting a very short time; short-lived; transitory.
• Elliptical: pertaining to or having the form of an ellipse.

2.Literary Terms:

• Dialogue: throughout the chapter
• Direct Characterization: "The horse-rider is Ed Kimmer, a handsome young actor..." (page 132)

1.Overview Sentence:

• Describes the multiplane camera (how it is used and why it was created).

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5.Comments:

• I thought that a director's job is to tell people what to do but a director actually constructs the scene, selects the camera angles, paces the action, maneuvers the crowds, etc.
• Animation directors have a lot to do so I think that their role in making cartoons and motion pictures are extremely important.
• I did not know that the directors also uses the camera; I thought that only the camera men uses the camera.
• I did not know that the director uses the camera to arrive at the momentous decisions on staging his scenes by using using two elementary factors which are the dramatic structures and the limitations of animation medium.
• I would love to be a director one day but I wish there will be less work for me to do.

4.Questions:

• Are there any famous Disney directors?
• What is a "posed test"?
• What is the "clean-up test"?
• What is a "rough animation"?

3.Vocabulary:

• Cataclysmic: of, pertaining to, or resulting from a cataclysm.
• Tedium: the quality or state of being wearisome; irksomeness; tediousness.
• Harangue:a scolding or a long or intense verbal attack; diatribe.

2.Literary Terms:

• Simile: "Lightning bolts crackle out of her staff like the lash of a whip." (page 110)
• Metaphor: "As Maleficent comes out of her fit, she seems almost to be recovering from a heart attack." (page 110)

1.Overview Sentence:

• Describes what an animation director does and how an animation director uses the camera.

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5.Comments:

• Wow! The whole production for "Fantasia" cost $2,200,000; that is a lot of money.
• "Fantasia" was a unique achievement because music was finally introduced to cartoons.
• I have never watched "Fantasia" before but I would love to someday.
• I love to listen to music and I think music is an important part to cartoons.
• Composers are very important because they are the ones that create musical compositions.

4.Questions:

• What is Tchaikovsky?
• Who is Leopold Stokowski?
• What was "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" about?
• What is "moviola"?

3.Vocabulary:

• Liaison: a person who initiates and maintains such a contact or connection.
• Centaurs: one of a race of monsters having the head, arms, and trunk of a man and the body and legs of a horse.
• Jauntier: easy and sprightly in manner or bearing.

2.Literary Terms:

• Metaphor: "Paul Smith might sweat out a musical sequence, working nights and weekends." (page 87)
• Indirect Characterization: "Gregarious Oliver Wallace has been known to knock out musical compositions in record time." Gregarious Oliver Wallace is a very good composer. (page 87)

1.Overview Sentence:

• Describes about the music that Walt Disney began to use in his cartoons such as Beethoven's "Pastrol" Symphony and Stravinsky's "Rite of Spring".

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5.Comments:

• I did not know that Mary Costa sang and spoke the role of Princess in "Sleeping Beauty".
• Sound effects men had to deal with broken bottles and blank cartridges; now I know what they actually used to create the sounds.
• I love Jacques and Gus (they are the mice in "Cinderella"); they are so cute.
• I did not that Eleanor Audley had voiced as the queen in "Snow White" and Maleficent in "Sleeping Beauty".
• I did not know that the crinkling of cellophane sounded exactly like a roaring fire.

4.Questions:

• Why was Bill Thomas called "Old Timer"?
• When was Pinocchio created? Was it created into a motion picture?
• What is a "Silly Symphony"?
• When was "Peter Pan" created? Was it created into a motion picture?

3.Vocabulary:

• Ingenuous: free from reserve, restraint, or dissimulation; candid; sincere.
• Baritone: a male voice or voice part intermediate between tenor and bass.
• Prodigious: extraordinary in size, amount, extent, degree, force, etc.

2.Literary Terms:

• Simile: King Hubert was described as "built like Bill Thompson son, fat and square... lovable but hot-tempered... gets caught in his own trap then explodes... sincere." (page 73)
• Direct Characterization: "Fauna is a little bit nitwitted..." (page73)

1.Overview Sentence:

• Describes the instruments used to create the sounds in cartoons and the actresses/actors that voiced for the cartoon characters.

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5.Comments:

• I did not know that "Snow White" was made into a motion picture in 1937 and drew lots of money into theaters.
• I think story men are very important because they create the stories and without them we will not have stories to read.
• I did not know that everything should be related to human experience in storytelling.
• "Sleeping Beauty" required in excess of seven years to achieve the finished product; that's a very long time.
• I love "Snow White" and "Sleeping Beauty".

4.Questions:

• What is the difference between motion pictures and cartoons?
• Why did it take Walt Disney so long to achieve the finished product of "Sleeping Beauty"?
• What is the exact amount of money "Snow White" drew into theaters?
• Who is Winsor McCay?

3.Vocabulary:

• Predecessors: one who precedes another in time, especially in holding an office or position.
• Pantomime: the art or technique of conveying emotions, actions, feelings, etc., by gestures without speech.
• Convulse: to shake violently; agitate.

2.Literary Terms:

• Simile: "I found that when old ladies move, they bounce like mechanical toys." (page 37)
• Imagery: "The two frivolous pigs looked plump, but their light-footed dancing gave them an airy appearance." (page 49)

1.Overview Sentence:

• Explains the elements that make good stories and story men.

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5.Comments:

• I did not know that "Sleeping Beauty" was more than a motion picture; it was a work of art.
• WOW! "Mickey Mouse" was created in in 1928; that was a very long time ago.
• I can't believe Walt Disney had set up the first cartoon studio in Hollywood (in 1928).
• I did not know that Albert Hurter provided the early inspiration for the "Three Little Pigs" and "Snow White".
• Now I know why the TV program is named Disney Channel; it was named after Walt Disney.

4.Questions:

• What is the difference between anime and cartoon?
• Who was Alfred Hitchcook?
• What was the cartoon "The Wayward Canary" about?
• Who was J. Stuart Blackton?

3.Vocabulary:

• Quintessence: the most perfect embodiment of something
• Celluloid: a tough, highly flammable substance consisting essentially of cellulose nitrate and camphor, used in the manufacture of motion-picture and x-ray film and other products
• Primitive: being the first or earliest of the kind or in existence, esp. in an early age of the world

2.Literary Terms:

• Dialogue: throughout the first 20 pages
• Setting: "notes and sketches piled deep on the two desks, paintings and signs thumbtacked to the walls, records scattered near a phonograph in a corner." (page 12)

1.Overview Sentence:

• In 1923, Walt Disney cam from Kansas to set up the first cartoon studio in Hollywood and started working on new cartoons.

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ROAR Book: Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert

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5.Comments:

• I learned that queridinha means "lovely little darling" in Portuguese.
• I'm glad that Wayan's family finally has a home of their own.
• I'm glad that Elizabeth in the end found love with Felipe (it did not say in the book if she married him or not).
  
• After reading this book I think Elizabeth Gilbert is an excellent author.
• I love this book; it's funny and meaningful.

4.Questions:

• What did Wayan say when she whispered into the ears of Big Ketut and Little Ketut (two orphans Wayan had adopted)?
  
• What other books have Elizabeth Gilbert written?
• Is Elizabeth now married to Felipe?
• Does Elizabeth now have kids?

3.Vocabulary:

• Cataclysm: sudden, violent change
• Infatuate: inspire with unreasoning passion
  
• Hubris: arrogance
  

2.Literary Terms:

• Simile: "To buy a land in Bali especially in Ubud can get almost as expensive as buying land in Westchester County, in Tokyo, or on Rodeo Drive." (page 307)
• Metaphor: "Tutti, spinning across the grass in circles, arms extended, a little Balinese Julie Andrews, loves it,too."

1.Overview Sentence:

• After her year of traveling is over Elizabeth goes back to her hometown to celebrate Christmas and New Year's holiday.
  

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5.Comments:

• Ketut Liyer (a medicine man and painter who Elizabeth is meeting again; two years ago when she was living in Bali and now) seems like a very kind and jolly, old man.
• Mario (one of the guys that works at the hotel that Elizabeth was staying at when she first got to Bali) and Elizabeth have a lot in common.
• The book teaches me a lot about the history of Italy, India and Indonesia.
• I feel really bad For Yudhi (a new friend of Elizabeth) because him and his wife are separated; his wife is in New Jersey and he's in Bali.
• It was extremely nice of Elizabeth to help Wayan (a friend of Elizabeth who also got a divorce with her husband) and Tutti (Wayan's daughter) raise money to buy a house since Wayan couldn't afford it but they did not buy the house yet.
  

4.Questions:

• How did Ketut Liyer get his teeth knocked out?
• Will Elizabeth tell Felipe that she has a crush on him?
• How old is Ketut Liyer?
• Who is Fort Lauderdale?

3.Vocabulary:

• Aesthetic: 1. of beauty 2. sensitive to art and beauty
• Ludicrous: so incongruous as to be funny
• Gauze: loosely woven material

2.Literary Terms:

• Imagery: "There is a bright red kitchen here, a pond full of goldfish, a marble terrace, an outdoor shower tiled in shiny mosaics; while I shampoo I can watch the herons nesting in the palm trees." (page 235)
• Direct Characterization: "Yhudi is twenty-seven years old and stocky in build and talks kind of like a southern California surfer." (page 247)

1.Overview Sentence:

• Elizabeth met a Brazilian guy name Felipe and now she has a crush on him but he does not know.
  

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5.Comments:

• I'm glad that Elizabeth isn't scrubbing floors anymore (that was her job before at the Ashram), instead she's the Key Hostess.
• I'm sad that Richard from Texas left (he went back to Austin) because he was Elizabeth's closest friend at the Ashram and was an extremely nice guy.
• I learned that kundalini skati means "the supreme energy of the divine".
• I never knew Elizabeth spoke a little bit of Russian.
• I can't believe Elizabeth changed her job again; now she's placed in the Office of Registration instead of being the Key Hostess.

4.Questions:

• Who is sage Kabir?
• Who is Richard Dreyfuss?
• Is Close Encounters of the Third Kind a movie, play or book?
• Who is Count Basie?

3.Vocabulary:

• Hallucinogen: drug that produces hallucination
• Euphoria: feeling of well-being
• Eucalyptus: a subtropical evergreen

2.Literary Terms:

• Imagery: "We were up on a gorgeous rooftop, tiled ceramic chips that glittered in the evening twilight." (page 184)
• Metaphor: "I watched my ego return the way you watch a Polaroid photo develop." (page 200)

1.Overview Sentence:

• Elizabeth is leaving India to go to Indonesia.
  

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5.Comments:

• Reading this book not only teaches me a little bit of Italian but it also teaches me a little bit of the different types of Indian languages; "jad" is the Hindi word for inert.
• The way that Elizabeth described the Ashram life make it seem like it's hard-work and you have to be fully committed to this life-style.
• I am glad that Elizabeth decided to stay in the Ashram instead of leaving to another part of India (the Ashram is helping her a lot.
• I cannot believe Elizabeth was able to practice the Vipassana meditation while the mosquitoes were biting her.
• I think now Elizabeth truly understand why meditating helps a person release their internal issues.

4.Questions:

• Who is Saint Sri Ramakrishna?
• What does the Dalai Lama do?
• What is the Taj Mahal?
• What is the Congressional Medal of Honor?

3.Vocabulary:

• Sporadic: not regular
• Caustic: 1. corrosive 2. sarcastic
• Arduous: laborious and strenuous
  

2.Literary Terms:

• Dialect: "There's no time for shuckin' and jivin' now, this is it..." (page166)
• Direct Characterization: "Nick, my nephew, is an eight-year-old-boy, skinny for his age, scarily smart, frightening astute, sensitive and complex." (page 168)
  

1.Overview Sentence:

• Before, Elizabeth disliked meditating because she could never concentrate (there was alot of things on her mind) but now she enjoys meditating.
  

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5.Comments:

• I now know what an Ashram is.
• Reading this book teaches me a little bit of Italian; "Carina" means cute in Italian.
• OH MY GOODNESS! Ashram days begins at 3:00 AM to 9:00 PM; that's definitely a long day.
• Richard from Texas acts like a brother to Elizabeth and that's a good thing because she doesn't have a brother.
• I find it funny that Richard gave Elizabeth the nickname, Groceries.

4.Questions:

• What is The Lakota Sioux?
• What is a sack-shacker?
• Why is that whenever Elizabeth arrives at a new country she begins to worry or be unhappy?
• Will Elizabeth soon talk to the Guru one-on-one?

3.Vocabulary:

• Intrinsic: real; essential
  
• Pragmatism: system using practical results to determine truth
• Austere: 1.strict 2.very plain; severe
  

2.Literary Terms:

• Simile: "His thin, stemlike neck sticking out of the opening like a single daisy popping out of a giant flowerpot." (page127)
• Simile: "The children around me are wrapped in silks, like gifts." (page 130)

1.Overview Sentence:

• Elizabeth is trying to get use to the living conditions in the Ashram (located in India).
  

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5.Comments:

• I never knew a city, state, country, etc. had a word that represents that place.
• Now I understand why the book cover has the word "eat" written in pasta.
• WOW! Elizabeth gained twenty three pounds in four months.
• I hope Elizabeth will make new friends in India just like the way she made new friends in Italy.
• Italy seems like a beautiful country.

4.Questions:

• What is the Bhagavad Gita?
• What are figs?
• Will Elizabeth find love in India?
• Will Elizabeth Make new friends in India?

3.Vocabulary:

• Gregarious: sociable
• Continuity: continuous of state or thing
• Barricade: barrier for defense

2.Literary Terms:

• Metaphor: "Across to the broad continent of a women's life falls the shadow of a sword. (page95)
  
• Direct Characterization: "unflappable and entertaining and surprisingly organized little in tight red crushed-velvet pants." Describes Linda (page100)
  

1.Overview Sentence:

• Elizabeth is now leaving Italy to go to India.
  

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5.Comments:

• Giovanni seems like a nice guy who will be there for you when you're sad, depressed, or in trouble.
• I can't believe how close and loving Elizabeth and her sister, Catherine is.
• I'm glad that Elizabeth finally ended the "relationship" she had with David.
• I would love to try the pizzas that Elizabeth and Sofie ate in Naples.
• The way Elizabeth described how Sofie ate her pizza made me laugh.

4.Questions:

• What is a Michelin Green Guide?
• What is the Council of Trent?
• What is the American WPA New Deal?
• What is the Protestant-Catholic divide?

3.Vocabulary:

• Facade: main face of a building
• Monoliths: pillar, statue, etc. made of a single, large stone
• Basilica: church with broad nave and columned aisles

2.Literary Terms:

• Direct Characterization: "Catherine is an athlete and a scholar and a mother and a writer." (page 88)
• Imagery: "An anthill inside a rabbit warren with all the exoticism of a Middle Eastern bazaar and a touch of New Orleans voodoo." (page 78)
  

1.Overview Sentence:

• Elizabeth finally broke off the "relationship" that she had with David through an e-mail and was devastated but was fine after she talked to Giovanni and Catherine.
  

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5.Comments:

• I think Elizabeth made the right decision to not get romantically linked to a man while she is in Italy.
• In this book it mentions the word soliloquy; a word I have learned recently in my English class.
• I don't think Elizabeth still loves David, I think she feels like she owes him something for leaving him behind and going off to Italy.
• Elizabeth is eating a lot of food while she is in Italy and I would love to eat that much food as well.
• Italian men seems really different compared to American men while Italian women is similar to American women.

4.Questions:

• What is the "Vatican"?
  
• Is being 34 years old considered too old?
• Is Julius Caesar a movie or a play?
• What is the "Colosseum"?

3.Vocabulary:

• Cumulative: increasing by additions
• Depleted: 1.empty 2. exhaust
• Typhus: infectious bacterial disease with fever, skin rash, etc.

2.Literary Terms:

• Simile: "They're like show poodles." (page 67)
• Direct Characterization: "A very pretty Italian girl with an amazing collections of high-heeled boots." (page 66)

1.Overview Sentence:

• Elizabeth described how much fun she is having in Italy so far, especially how much fun she had when she went to a soccer game with her friend Luca Spaghetti.
  

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5.Comments:

• The way Elizabeth Gilbert described the food that she ate in Italy so far makes me want to go and try the food.
• I think Elizabeth made the right decision to not continue to use the drugs that her psychiatrist had prescribed for her.
• I am glad that Elizabeth isn't depressed anymore and is willing to forget about her past.
• I am happy that Elizabeth made new new friends like Susan and Sofie.
• I think Elizabeth is really brave for not falling under the pressure to use drugs to help solve her problems.

4.Questions:

• What is an Ashram?
• How good is Elizabeth with speaking Italian now?
• Will Elizabeth end up falling in love with Luca Spaghetti?
  
• Will Luca Spaghetti leave his girlfriend who he's been with since he was a teenager if Elizabeth was to fall in love with him?

3.Vocabulary:

• Cadence: 1. fall of the voice in speaking 2. rhythm; measured movement
• Elitist: consciousness of or pride in belonging to a select or favored group
• Vernacular: the everyday speech of a country or place

2.Literary Terms:

• Indirect Characterization: Susan is very caring. "Susan rushed into my apartment about an hour after my emergency phone call." (page 50)
• Metaphor: "Giovanni's sweetness, in my opinion, makes him a national treasure of Italy." (page 56)

1.Overview Sentence:

• Elizabeth made new friends who are extremely kind to her, especially Sofie, a girl who Elizabeth met in her language class.
  

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5.Comments:

• So far I love this book; it's not only intriguing but it's also suitable for teens to read.
• I love how Elizabeth Gilbert added humor to the book but still kept the book filled with emotions and sensitivity.
• The book caught my eyes due to it's cover; the colors used for the cover was soft and blended really well together.
  
• From what I have read so far from this memoir of Elizabeth Gilbert's life, I feel like she thought she knew what she wanted but the things that she have wanted, have never worked out.
  
• The 30 pages that I have read felt like I was in Elizabeth Gilbert's mind knowing exactly what she did and what said due to the descriptive words that she have used in her writing.

4.Questions:

• What made Elizabeth Gilbert's husband change his mind to sign the divorce papers when at first he refused to sign them?
• Did her husband resent her because he truly loved her or now that she wants a divorce they can't have the baby that he has always dreamed for?
  
• When you love someone, will clinging on to that person keep that him/her by your side?
• Did Elizabeth move on too fast when her and her husband was separated by deciding to move in with David?

3.Vocabulary:

• Androgynous: blending male and female characteristics; unisex
  
• Equanimity: composure
• Interminable: lasting, or seeming to last, forever

2.Literary Terms:

• Imagery: " I let go of my bag, drop to my knees and press my forehead against the floor." (page 9)
  
• Simile: " Having a baby is like getting a tattoo on your face" (page 10)

1. Overview Sentence:

• Elizabeth Gilbert is not happy with her marriage of six years, so she decides to get a divorce with her husband but her husband is not taking the divorce lightly.
  

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