Elsewhere By:Gabrielle Zevin

Life After Death - Slam Poetry

There are things we were told, 

When we were to get old.

But what if we never had a chance to grow old.

How do we know what will happen in the next 5 years,

Or next week, or even tomorrow.

The problem is that we don't know,

Well how do we find out? 

The answer is that we can't.

So the most important lesson in life is to let go.

Forgive, Forget, and Move on.

Life after death, huh!

Who are we kidding?

Elsewhere by:Gabrielle Zeven

Link to Article - CBC

The main social issue in my book is life after death. I chose this article because it relates to how the main character in my book dies. Her death leaves her confused, for a long while she believed that she was just dreaming. I think a death or near death experience effect our brain in ways that cannot be explained. 

Elsewhere by:Gabrielle Zevin

          This is a song by Cristina Perri called Human. I chose this song to represent the social issue, loss, in my book. This is because I feel that this song reflects the feelings of the family after Elizabeth, the main character, dies. The lyrics, "I can fake a smile, I can force a laugh," reflect the show that the parents and her brother have to put on for others to cover their loss. When the lyrics, "I'm only human, And I bleed when I fall down, I'm only human, And I crash and I break down," play, I think about her parents breaking down and crying at her funeral.