eat+pray+love

=Eat,  Pray, Love =

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__**Discussion Questions:**__ The characters in this book consist of Liz: the main character and narrator of the book, David: Liz’s lover who she hooked up with after her devastating divorce, Giovanni: Liz’s future lover shes crushing on, also David’s twin, and more to come as we read. The story setting takes place in a country identified as the boot, Italy. These characters all know eachother in some way, either from work or love affairs. Liz’s life is a long rollercoaster of obsticales, giving her book great detail in relationships that couldn’t have been worse then any others. As we read this book, will notice the many interests Liz has with men and her religious views on God that help her get through everything. - Kim Pfeifer __**Meeting Review**__ This week in our book club things when very different from last marking period. We actually were able to discuss how much we liked it because all of us read it. We discussed it while eating Doritos and salt and vinegar chips with our Ssips ice teas. We were actually able to answer questions that had to do with the book and not just why we dint want to read it like last time. Over all it was a very productive meeting and I hope all of the meetings will continue the trend.
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__**5 Questions:**__ 1. What does Liz think traveling the world will do for her? She thinks that traveling the world will help her find out who she really is. 2. What about Giovanni does Liz find attractive? She finds his Italian heritage, his accent and his eyes attractive. 3. Would you ever take the adventure that Liz has just set out on? why or why not? Yes, because its a once in a life time opportunity and it would really amazing to see everything that is around the world. 4. Do you think that Liz was being unreasonable with the way she was acting about her husband? why or why not? No, she wasn't unreasonable because she was not happy because she wasn't ready for the commitment and its not right to stay in a marraige if your not happy. 5. Do you think that by time the book ends this trip will be everything Liz needed, planed and hoped for? Why? Yes, we think it will be because she wrote a book about it. -Alecia Christiano

__**5 Questions**__ 1.) Why does Liz go to Italy, India, and Indonesia? Liz wants to get away and find her inner self. 2.) Why does Liz hate taking her antidepressants? She is afraid that they will change her and make her less of a writer. 3.) Why does Liz get a divorce after eight years of marriage? She is not happy, does not want to have children, and settle down. 4.) What was the importance of the picture that the old medicine man showed here? And what was it of? It was a picture of a person with four feet, no face with tress and plants growing out of their face, and a smiley face on their heart. It also showed them praying this represents balance, happiness from within, and being at peace. 5.) Why did Liz and David break up? They kept fighting although they wanted to be together it would never work. -Aubrey Postolakis

**Week Two: **
__**5 Questions**__ 1.) What does Liz do everyday? 2.) Why does she love the Italian language so much? 3.) What are the reasons that Liz's books never came? 4.) What are the the two teams you have to pick between in Italy and what are they for? 5.) What does Liz think about the old man behind her at the game? -Aubrey Postolakis

This week during our meeting we discussed the book and how no one wants Liz to leave Italy. Alecia was food and she brought in Lays Wavy Chips, VItamin Water (XXX and Orange-Orange), brownies and Sour Patch Kids. This meeting was also interesting because since our book is being made into a movie, we wacthed the movie trailer. We are all really excited to see it and we are happy we are finally reading a good book. - Alyssa Brignola 1.How has she grown from her trip? Shes learning to deal without her husband and situating to new things. 2.Have she found love with the man shes interested in? No, her co-worker is someone she is willing to talk to and just feel attracted to him at the same time. 3.Do you think Liz has found talking to God helpful? Yes, believing in God helped her get this far. 4.Does Liz enjoy being in Italy? Probably, considering shes crushing on a new boy, a little more then 10 years younger then her. 5.Does she still feel pain and depression torward her divorce and crush? She still feels a tad depressed, but with the exception of moving on she doesn't think about it as much and knows she deserves better. -Kim Pfeifer __**Discussion Question**__ The book Eat Pray Love is a great easy read. The book is written using basic words so that the reader can understand and be interested in it. The way it is written is defiantly not conventional because there is a lot emotion behind the words. This is very apparent because the author has actually lived the story being told. I think this book is written toward high school to adult. I think that is an appropriate age because although it is simple read it contains material dealing with depression, divorce and other upsetting topics. - Corinne Weir
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**Week Three: **
__5 Questions for Eat Pray Love:__ ** 1.) How would you describe the relationship between Elizabeth and her sister? 2.) Why do you think Elizabeth was jealous of the Austrian girl who was backpacking through Europe? 3.) Why do you think that Elizabeth’s life plan has ended up so far form what people expected? 4.) Why do you think Elizabeth likes to have her plans be spontaneous? 5.) Why is Elizabeth stop taking her language class a big turning point in the story? - Corinne Weir
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<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 96%;">__**Discussion Question:**__ <span style="color: #808000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 96%;">The mood of the book at the beginning was sad because Liz felt pressured into settling down but now it seems like its changing because Liz is finding herself with the help of her travels. Liz, once a heartbroken, dumper is looking at herself and in herself in ways she never thought were possible. -Alyssa Brignola

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<span style="color: #808000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 96%;">Today Aubrey brought in food. She brought us Arizona ice tea juice boxes, the original Bugle chips, and chewy Chips Ahoy cookies. We discussed the mood of the book and how it was changing along with the Liz’s mood. We also discussed the reasons when the mood in the beginning of the book was so sad and what has turned around for Liz that now makes her so happy. We had a little talk with Mr. Morone about how girls even at our age already have a set time where they want to get married and have children. This tied in with the beginning of the book because Liz was pretty much the opposite of how most girls think because she didn’t want to be tied down with a husband and children and that was what was causing the conflicts in her marriage. - Alecia Christiano

__**5 Questions:**__ 1. What did Liz do in the meditation cave? -She prayed. 2. Who is she sitting in the back of the courtyard with? -With mothers and children. 3. Do you think Liz is progressing in her love life? -Yes she is moving to different countrys and living life large. 4. Who was her first roomate and what did he do? -He was baptist and meditation instructer from south carolina. 5. What day did Liz get up the day she over slept and why? -4:15 am, because she had to find her inner self. Kim Pfeifer

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__<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> 5 Questions: __ 1. What does Liz decide to do while she is waiting for her flight to leave India instead of sleep? Instead of sleeping while she is waiting for her flight she decided to pray in the meditation cave. 2. What are some other things that Liz has said she has stayed up all night to do? Liz said that she has stayed up all night to make love, argue, drive long distances, dance, worry, and cry. 3. What are some of the worries that Liz has when she arrives in Indonesia? Some of the worries she has are that she didn't know where she was going, what the exchange rate was, where to catch a taxi, and that she didn't know anybody there. 4. How long is Liz allowed to stay in Indonesia and why is she only allowed to stay there for that amount of time? Liz is only allowed to stay there for 1 month because she could only get a 1 month tourist visa. 5. Who is Ketut Liyer and what language does he speak? Ketut Liyer is an elderly medicine man who speaks Balinese. - Alecia Christiano

Meeting Review

This was our fourth book club meeting for “Eat, Pray, and Love”. Corinne was food and brought in chips, popcorn, and Ssips. When we were all eating we started to talk about the book and how we all are really happy that we picked the book and think that it is so interesting how she travels to three different places around the world for one year. She has left Italy and is making her way to her next destination. I cannot wait to find out what will happen next in her life when she arrives. - Aubrey Postolakis

Five Questions: 1. What country was Liz in before she went to Indonesia. She was in India 2. What does Liz compare to the size of Delaware? The island of Sudan. 3. What town did Liz take the taxi to. Ubud 4.Whats the name of Liz's friend that she met in India? Mario 5. Do you think Liz will have a better time in Indonesia than she did in the other countries? Yes, because Indonesia is her spiritual calling and destiny. - Alyssa Brignola

Discussion Question: Through the book Liz discovers a lot about herself. She learns a lot of life lessons and the author tries to pass them along to the readers. We think that the theme of the book is to make sure that you are happy in life. It is really important to be happy in life and its not worth letting your life pass by without enjoying every minute to the fullest. The title Eat, Pray, Love represent images that are portrayed in the book. They are the steps that she takes on her trip that help leads her on the way back to loving herself. -Alecia Christiano

__Week 5__
Disscussion Question This book club was my favorite by far because “Eat Pray Love” was an amazing book and now they are making it into a movie, which I know I definitely want to see. I think that my peers should read this book because it is so amazing and all I wanted to do was to keep reading this book. I think that this book is completely original because it talks about the author’s real life, her travels, and everything she encounters in her life. This book was so unique and one of its own. I think that this book should be apart of the school’s curriculum because it made me like reading and enjoy the book and it also taught me so many lessons. -Aubrey Postolakis

5 Questions: 1. Did you like the ending of the story? Yes we enjoyed it. 2. Do you think Liz grew as a person from her travels? Yes we do because she straightened out her life. 3. What country do you think Liz grew the most in? Italy because she was there for a really long time and met Giavanni. 4. Did you think that Giavanni and Liz would end up together? Yes we did because they were close through the whole trip in Italy. 5. Would you ever go on a trip like this to face your challenges? Yes, it sounds like a good way to clear your head. - Alyssa Brignola

5 Questions 1. Now that you have completed the journey with Elizabeth what was the most exciting part in your opinion? 2. Do you think is journey was necessary for Liz to take in order to discover herself? 3. Were there any parts you would have changed about the story? 4. Would you one-day take a journey like this, why? 5. Now that we are done with book club for the year which book would you say is your favorite that we have read this year? -Corinne Weir