So I know I’m Wednesday Girl, but Thursday morning is almost the same thing…
I also agree that Liz Gilbert is very involved with men throughout the book even though this is supposed to be her personal journey, but I am not so sure if this is a bad thing. Maybe one of the essential ideas about the human condition which the reader is supposed to gather from Liz’s journey is the essential bond between humans.
The whole reason Liz takes off on this journey to start is because of her messy divorce from her ex-husband and her unstable relationship with David. In Italy she meets the brothers who help her learn Italian. In India it’s Richard from Texas who helps her on her spiritual journey and is her companion at the ashram. At the end of the novel too, Liz finds a man she loves.
There are other areas of the book which hint at this idea of human connection as well. There is the story Liz relates from her friend who is a psychologist about the female refugees.The psychologist expected to hear stories about war and rape from these women, but all they wanted to talk about was love and relationships they had been involved in.
At the ashram, when Liz takes a vow of silence, she is immediately asked to be the welcome committee. So while Liz is on a journey to heal herself, maybe this journey is not meant to be done alone, but with the help of others every step of the way. No one is isolated in this world and it makes sense that a personal journey to heal oneself would not be done in isolation.
I do not know if Liz Gilbert is trying to convey this message in her book and if she is, she does not succeed in getting the point across. Maybe I am reading too far in to her spiritual journey, but I do this is one of the messages she is trying to convey.
