Expect the Unexpected

The End

An unmade bed, shoes in every corner, clothes dropped all over the place, and fashion posters pasted on the closet from top to bottom. A teenager life is commonly a collection of broad ideas and a world full of mysteries waiting to be discovered. That is the standard profile of a fifteen year old girl who is about to turn sixteen. The only thing is that Liz doesn’t know that her life will make a drastic change before she even realizes the meaning of it. Elizabeth Hall, better known as Liz to her friends and Lizzie to her family was the eldest sister, followed by a seven year small brother named Alvy. Besides she was a great “mother” for Lucy, her dog, a pretty tall golden retriever.  They all had been together since Liz can remember and made a fantastic family. For Lizzie the end came quickly, at least that was what his family wanted to believe. They would never want her to suffer as much as other people in her same situation. Liz arrives, where? To Elsewhere. There she was, just opening her eyes. She seemed to be lost, like if she had slept more than two days. She starts taking to a girl that ended up as Thandi. They became friends with Liz and start figuring things out. Time passes, maybe a couple of hours and they both realize they are in a bout. Liz thinks she is a dreaming, and she is practically convinced about it until she tries to wake up and nothing works. After a while it seems that they arrived. Liz stays alone and has a conversation with the capitan of the boat. For Liz it’s everything like a dream, until she realizes everyone in the bout arriving to Elsewhere, is dead. When she finally arrives, she encounters with Betty, which resulted to be Liz grandmother. She never knew her since she was dead one year before her birth. Betty seems to miss Liz, but for Liz, it is the start of a life she does not want to live and a reality she does not accept. 

“So… where do you think she is?” (Zevin 4)

Having six words in one sentence that has huge significance in a book and furthermore in life, is more than having six sentences of any type and wondering about their meaning. Zevin states this question with the purpose of opening the readers mind and give the reader a chance to imagine. Liz is in Elsewhere, and all her family is in her funeral in Earth and they have no clue of where is she. The qustion opens the book into esenarios thatare unepected and bring curiosity to the reader. The question can totally be answered with another one. What happens, when we die ?  

Dying at the age of fifteen is a complete failure for Liz. Never got to fall in love with someone, or the graduation party with a dress and high heels. Meat the man which will stay by your side forever. Liz is so overwhelmed with stuff that she thinks that all she did was just pointless. Dying without experiencing things that the only way of living them would be having more timefor her was unacceptable. She is close to accept the truth of his dead and dig into what is happening down there. 


For my closing thoughts, the photo below shows a lesson that will be presented to us each day of our lifes.