Analysis Of Wild By Cheryl Strayed

In her memoir Wild, Cheryl Strayed is faced with the mess that has become her life. By her early twenties Strayed finds herself lost and alone after the death of her mother, her divorce, an affair and abortion, and the scattering of her family. After seeing a Guidebook in the checkout line at a store, Strayed gets the idea of hiking the Pacific Crest Trail from the Mexico border to Canada. Encountering many obstacles along the way such as her lack of experience, the loss of her hiking boots, and the most dangerous, not having any water while hiking through the desert, Strayed follows a theme of endurance and overcoming the difficulties she is faced with. In the beginning of the novel, Strayed is faced with the fact that she is very unprepared