Personal Analysis Of Elizabeth Gilbert's 'Eat Pray Love'

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Hi, Tom,
How have you been?
How's your work?
How's your studies?
How's your thesis?
Have you finished your research yet?
Have you visited all countries you planned earlier?

As for me, I dream about travels. But I can't. I still have some health problems and I am short of money.
Never mind, I believe all my troubles will be ended soon.
I am going to found something like my own courses of English. To be more exact, it will be a company of one teacher: me. I can teach beginners and elementary students.
Besides, I will graduate from university in 2 months. Two months! Can you believe it?
I think I will not do a Master's course. I don't like my university, the atmosphere at my university, I mean. There is a wide-spread bribery. I have damaged
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I really like it.
Some other news. I read every day. Now I am finishing the book “Eat. Pray. Love” by Elizabeth Gilbert. I like American books, but it's really difficult to buy some of them in Russia because of our politics. I don't like our president, all these stupid wars, conflicts and protests. I know that grass roots are suffering because the movers and shakers just want to get more-more-more money. People are fighting for oil, for gas, for territory, but maybe in some 50-100-150 years all these things will not be needed anymore, because all people will be ill or dead. Why can't the high and mighties think about common people?
I have heard about one zoo in Syria. All the animals were parched with thirst over there. They had been left by the caretakers when the war started. They were closed in the deserted, empty cages for 2 months or maybe more. How horrible!!! I hate all these people who so absent-minded, careless, stupid and selfish. I wish no more animal suffered on the earth. And no more people, of course. But people can look after themselves, can earn money, can work, can do something. Animals can't. That's why I am kinder to animals than to
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How's your Russian studies? Don't you like to visit Russia yet?
Have you learnt any new Russian words?
As far as literature is concerned, now I prefer to read something psychological and philosophical, like “Eat. Pray. Love”. It's some imaginative prose, but still it's about human psychology.
Actually, I am in a deep-deep-deep depression now. I don't even do my homework for university.
I am addicted to antidepressants and have to take them every day. :( It's all because all these horrible things which happened recently.
But I believe everything will be fine.
I work, I study, I will manage it.
Every Sunday I discuss something in English with my another friend (you will not believe me, but he is from Coventry) via skype. I am used to this speaking practice and it's inspired me a lot. He told me that's my English is progressing. I hope he is right. Besides, he told me that I will be able to get rid of all my mistakes on my own, independently, if I only want, just using grammar books and textbooks. Maybe he is right, but it is impossible to learn everything just using

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