Meng Zhang
Ms. Sarah E Cash
ENG106-B4
4-24-2018
Courage is the best medicine for freedom
“Eat, Pray, Love” is the book of Elizabeth Gilbert. From the name of the book,
many people assume it is a book about love, foods and religions. Although this is
true, it talks more about freedom and courage. In the book, Liz is a popular
writer. She often travels around the world to write articles that they post in
magazines. She has a wonderful husband who is a lawyer and provides a
wonderful life for her. However, she is unhappy about her husband. Even though
they have been married for seven years, they still have gaps between their
personalities. Some of Liz’s inauthentic personality develop during this time. For
example, when they go to the party, and they see their friends have a baby. Her
husband staring at her. “I have a box just like this, except it’s filled with National
Geographic and The Times travel section. All the places I wanna see before I
die.” When Liz’s friend show her the box fill of baby’s things. One of the gap
between them is Steve wants a baby, Liz wants to travel around the world. Then,
she decided to divorce to chase her own dream. However, she met David, she
falls in love with him and delays the day she leaves. But they broke up after a
while, it makes Liz gets depressed. She finally starts off her traveling after she
says goodbye to David. During this trip, she learns a lot, she becomes more and
more brave, and set herself free through body, minds and love. In the end, she is
totally a freedom women who decided things by her own and do what she wants,
nobody can dictate.
The identical thing of the freedom is brave. Especially for Liz who feel
depressed. Brave is the strongest medicine for her to set herself free. Liz needs
the courage to leave and redevelop the relationship around her. Moving to the
new environment needs courage. At first time, she tried to change so she can
stay with her family and friends without dissatisfaction. But it does not work. I
have similar experience, I get depression too, but more serious than Liz, I found
out the hardest thing was to change myself became a positive person. I saw
everything through the negative perspectives. I was also afraid to change,
because I thought it was a difficult thing. I was also a coward. I did not have the
courage to tell people around me that I was depressed, I thought they would
dislike me if I told them. The inauthentic part of me always there. When I hung
out with my friends, slight things stabbing me, I was so sensitive and sad. But I
