How do you deal with your grief? Do you stuff your face
with ice cream? (Which is a very good option) Maybe you close the door on the
world?
Or how about hiking more than 1,000 miles? Yeah, I didn't
think so... Cheryl Strayed did just that. No, Cheryl is not a made up character
in a book. She is the author of the autobiography, Wild.
Wild is about Cheryl's journey of hiking the Pacific Crest
Trail. I think its "wild" that a person with no experience would hike
1,000 miles. Alone.
Cheryl is driven by the grief of losing her mom. Losing
someone can make you do crazy things, but I would argue that it's a little more
than that. I believe that Cheryl is having a battle within herself. This is
evident when Cheryl writes, "I've been so many things already. A loving
wife and an adulteress. A beloved daughter... An ambitious overachiever and
aspiring writer... I'd become a high school cheerleader and homecoming queen
and then I went off to college and became a left-wing feminist campus
radical" (Strayed 5). Cheryl doesn't know where she belongs. I believe the
death of her mom triggers Cheryl to go on this aberrant journey to find herself.
This is very hard for me to wrap my head around. My inner
battles consist of trying to figure out what to eat. I also have never lost
someone extremely close to me. So, what I'm trying to say is I don't know how
someone would come up with this idea, let alone do it. I guess if you have the
right motivation you can do anything. This is why my parents often bribe me
with things, like food.
I'm not very far in this book, but I think Cheryl will have
more inner battles. I also predict there will be times where she feels like giving
up. Personally, I would yell, "I'm out of here! Peace!" after the
first couple miles. This is why this story is so miraculous. How could someone
do this? Maybe you could if you had a larger group of people with you to lean
on. But, Alone? Count me out...
Wild is becoming a movie, unfortunately there is not trailer
out yet, but I did find the book trailer. Check it out below:
P.S.
Reese Witherspoon will play Cheryl in the movie. I can't wait because Reese is
an amazing actress! :)
Really was hooked from the beginning, I love ice cream. Really thins is awe inspiring how this women did this and very sad, I mourn the loss of her mother. It makes me want to hold my mom close and yell "You better not ever die, ok?!" Right in her face... Though throughout the entire thing, I heard your voice. It was lovely, and I believe you deserve some food for writing such a good post!
I absolutely loved your voice in this blog post! You grabbed my attention from the very beginning and I was just dying to read more! I also really liked how you added in a clip about Reese. It was great to get the more personal side of her instead of just her character in the book. Great blog post!!
Wow what a great post and I loved the video with it keep up the great work
ReplyDeleteReally was hooked from the beginning, I love ice cream. Really thins is awe inspiring how this women did this and very sad, I mourn the loss of her mother. It makes me want to hold my mom close and yell "You better not ever die, ok?!" Right in her face... Though throughout the entire thing, I heard your voice. It was lovely, and I believe you deserve some food for writing such a good post!
ReplyDeleteI absolutely loved your voice in this blog post! You grabbed my attention from the very beginning and I was just dying to read more! I also really liked how you added in a clip about Reese. It was great to get the more personal side of her instead of just her character in the book. Great blog post!!
ReplyDeleteI really like your use of rhetorical questions. It grabbed my attention and added a ton more voice into your post.
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