ROAR Book: Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert

5-4-3-2-1

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).