I identified the emerging theme as “You can never make a decision until you are forced to do so.” The protagonist, Elizabeth Gilbert, describes the difficult decisions that she had to make in this particular part of her life. The first one that she is faced with is whether or not to have a baby. Her husband and she agreed on having a baby, but Elizabeth does not want to start a family yet. She tells herself that all mothers feel that way and it is natural to be glad that she is not pregnant month after month. When she has the opportunity to do a report in New Zealand, Elizabeth is ecstatic. It was then that she was able to admit to herself not wanting to have a baby. Also, she had feelings of uncertainty about her marriage, and convinced her that they too were only temporary. It was not until her and her husband had a fight that she knew “I don’t want to be married anymore” (9). The final decision in this time of her despair was believing in God, and believing in the practice of a religion. Elizabeth had never actually prayed to God before throughout her life, and it was when she needed someone the most that she finally turned to God and recognized that He was there to help her. Nothing in her life had persuaded her to need religion, and now she is a committed advocate of God.
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