Elizabeth Gilbert Big Magic Summary

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The book, Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert is very inspirational and talks about courage, fear, and living a creative life to do what makes a person who they are. I would definitely recommend this book to a group of students who are in the age range of 16 to 19 years old that are still in high school or starting their first or second year at the college. I chose to recommend this book to this group of students because they might need something to encourage them to do what they are best at and to give up hope yet. In the last two years of high school, these juniors and seniors have to decide for themselves to which college or University they will go into or to just start working after graduating. Most of these seniors has a major and school they want to get into while some are undecided. Even if they do have everything plan out, there will be times when it does not go accordingly to plan. I want to them to read this book so that they can be inspire and be motivated to accomplish their goals. Same goes for the students who are undecided. Even if they have not settle on one thing like a career, I want them to read this book so that they can be encourage to try out new things and find what their interests are so that they can live doing what they love. …show more content…
Also maybe because of grades are suddenly dropping down or they have financial problems. They lose their motivation to keep going and become unsure of whether to continue or to just stop and take a break. At those times, I would recommend them to read the book, Big Magic because this book talks about how to live a creative life and to live a creative life the students have to face their problems even if it is exhausting. They should do what makes them who they are and be motivated to keep on

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