Why did Elizabeth Gilbert write this book? What does she want us to take away from Eustace. Refer to (and analyze) a specific passage in your response.

Elizabeth Gilbert seems to have written the book for a few reasons, the first being that she seems to have a bit of an attraction to Eustace, and she wants to share him and his incredible-ness with the rest of the world. Another reason being that she wants a message to be taken from the book, and that message is to change the way a person thinks. Some may think that she wants them to change their way of acting, however I think it's more realistic to believe that she knew one book wouldn't change the world, but maybe it would get some people thinking. One passage that made me myself stop and think was the passage on page 19, toward the top of the page, where Eustace is describing how modern people live their lives in boxes, living in them, sleeping in them, going to and fro in them, and finding entertainment in them. It made me wonder if living in modern society and not living in a box was entirely possible.

I'll let you know if I find out.