ROAR Book: Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert

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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.