The novel Wild by Cheryl Strayed is about her personal journey. Cheryl begins the novel feeling very lost after her mother passes away from stage four lung cancer, her family drifts apart, and she gets a divorce. This brings her to the Pacific Crest Trail. Throughout the story, Cheryl is really the only main character. …
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Wild Using Reader’s Response
Wild by Cheryl Strayed is a novel about Cheryls three month long trek through the Pacific Crest Trail, alone. The first third of the novel is about everything that lead up to Cheryl deciding to hike the trail and the beginning of the trail. The novel begins with with a short prologue, mid hike. The …