While connections can be made to our lives as beautiful messes, the implicit criticism of society focuses on the praise and mockery of elite members and establishments. Upon arriving at the Registry building, Liz immediately notices the absurd architecture. Zevin describes the building saying, “Despite its size, the registry looks like a child built it” (Zevin 65). Being a government building, the Registry would be expected to be built with class and modesty. Zevin criticizes the government by stating their buildings look “childish” therefore presenting that the government itself is childish. Before her arrival in Elsewhere, Liz meets Curtis Jest. After viewing her own funeral aboard the SS Nile’s observation decks, Curtis tells her of the
