Essay on Wild by Cheryl Strayed

The memoir Wild, by Cheryl Strayed focused on a woman whose whole life was in turmoil. From the passing of her mother to the divorce of her husband, Cheryl lost sight of her values and viewed her life as one ruined by failure and loss. In desperate need of something new to believe in, Cheryl decided to begin the journey with herself by taking an epic journey on the Pacific Crest Trail. Her beliefs and values transform over the journey from the victim of a bad situation to her belief in herself, rebirth

with the natural world. Although Wild by Cheryl Strayed and Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer share the same word in their titles, the two are completely different stories with separate narrative purposes. Wild is about the author’s journey of self-discovery and self-acceptance through hiking the Pacific Crest Trail, and Into the Wild is the author’s discovery of Chris Mccandless’s natural journey, which ultimately led him to his death. Even though the ending of Wild leads to Strayed’s renewal of life

accomplishments along the way. In Wild, by Cheryl Strayed, Strayed had been thinking about her ex husband Paul and how no matter what she would still love him but while laying next to her friends she had made along the trail looking at the moon she realized that she no longer feels the need for love and she had everything that she needed, as she says, “For once the phrase a woman with a hole in her heart didn’t thunder into my head. That phrase, it didn’t even live for me anymore” (Strayed 299). She had achieved

Wild by Cheryl Strayed, is a true story about how the author decided to drop everything she had left in life to walk about a thousand miles in over a span of three months; and she would be doing it all alone. Cheryl 's life fell apart when she was 22; she lost her mother to cancer, got addicted to drugs, and had sex with any guy that wanted to. Even though Cheryl had been married, that soon fell apart too when her husband, Paul, found out about her infidelity. Leading Cheryl to want to find the woman

Feminist Perspective Theory in Wild by Cheryl Strayed. “Wild” is a memoir by American author, Cheryl Strayed, documenting her journey of self-discovery as she traverses along the Pacific Crest Trail. In the book Cheryl documents her own personal journey in 1995 after her mother’s death, the book was published in 2012. This paper seeks to explicate the feminists’ perspective in the book, through analysing events, occurrence and thoughts as documented by the author. At the age of 22 Cheryl’s mother

To say that Cheryl Strayed has overcome many things in her life is an understatement. She has an unmistakable amount of courage and bravery. Cheryl goes through a complete transformation within her life. The person she becomes after all of her pain and struggles is unbelievable. During her tough journey through life, Cheryl has truly found herself and becomes the person she knows her mother raised. Cheryl’s journey in life started with struggles at a very young age. From the time she was very

In the book Wild, near the beginning of Cheryl Strayed’s adventure on the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT), two of her trail mates quickly became bedridden with a waterborne parasite and had to be taken to the hospital (Strayed 114). This scene reminds us the dangers of drinking water when among nature. Even experienced hikers can spend weeks finding the perfect water filter, only to end their adventure early, crippled by a waterborne disease. Without the safety of civilization, simple things like safe

and the film Wild based on Cheryl Strayed’s life are two biographies that share a similar story of their journeys altering their identities across America; both texts have a common theme of sadness; and the two stories shares the idea of questioning identities. Sal Paradise and Cheryl Strayed are the main characters of these texts and questions the values of their society while on their journey. The film Wild and the novel On the Road are two stories about a journey of Cheryl Strayed hiking the Pacific

The symbol that represents Wild by Cheryl Strayed is the recycling sign. This is because she always recycled her emotions and her supplies through her hike on the Pacific Coast Trail. Throughout the book Cheryl is locked in a limbo with her emotions, as the death of her mother causes her to do so many other things. She always landed back to her original problem when it caused so many other problems in her life. "Whenever I ask myself why I went on this hike, the answer always originates to my mother's

(1804-1881). In the memoir “Wild” by Cheryl Strayed, she decided to do what most people would be scared to do, especially a woman, she goes on a 1100 km hike across the Pacific Crest Trail. Everyone thought she would fail, and would come home earlier than expected, but will perseverance she gained insight and gained success through what was thought to be a failure. Perseverance is not giving up on a dream, even when there are obstacles in your way. In “Wild” Cheryl Strayed finds a way to harness her