Eliza At Wilbur Summary

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To begin with this book is very different I would say but definitely a great read. What I thought was very interesting was even though it was a like a dystopia type feel it made it much more attractible due to the fact that it was in the United States so as a reader I could relate, especially when talking about real landmarks in the New York area. The story on the other hand is very odd, but one of the themes I get from it is loneliness and self identity issues. This starts when you find out that both Wilbur and Eliza were disowned at birth but then also as life goes on Eliza and especially Wilbur experience loneliness, such as, when Eliza and Wilbur are seperated and Eliza thrashes out at wilbur because she is upset he forgot about her. But

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