Would you be mad at your mother for dying or for being sick? In the memoir Wild by Cheryl Strayed, Strayed at 22 years old had several issues after her mother’s death from cancer. Strayed, devastated became involved in heroin use, and sleeping with other men rather than her husband Paul. Which led her to divorce him. Her stepfather disconnected from Strayed 's family, and her brother and sister stayed distant from her. After fourth years of her mother’s death she seeks self-discovery, and a resolution for her lasting grief and personal challenges. At the age of 26, she left all alone on her hike, 1,100-mile journey, having no prior backpacking experience. In her hike she realized how mad she was at her mother for dying, and because she could
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As Strayed was mad at her mother for living her out in the world by herself. I’ve blamed my mother for all that has happened to me. I blamed her because I always felt that if she had been in a better health rather than mentally ill, then I think that she would have gave me a better example with life. My whole life I had to teach myself how to be a lady, respect others, and how to survive financially. Yes my mother at one point did tell me not to do bad things, but that wasn’t enough. However, I never listened to her, until she became sick. I regretted that forever since I did not have anyone to give me a good advice. According Cheryl Strayed, “I was left to figure it out on my own” (266). That’s exactly how my life felt. I am able to connect with Strayed life story because she felt lonely and lost in the world. Yes, Strayed’s mother had died, and I can’t compare death with sickness, but I felt as if mother had left me too. Especially when I wasn’t able to speak to her about my things. We both have differences, but in some type of way Strayed and I were …show more content…
My father had decided one year to go to Mexico and bring himself a new wife with kids that weren’t even his. My dad had left his real family and his real children. After that my father did not pay much attention to us. I felt this emptiness in my heart I could not believe that my own father had done that to me his eleventh year old daughter, I felt betrayed. Like Cheryl Strayed mentioned, “That was my father: the man who hadn’t father me. It had always amazed me every time. Again and again and again. Of all the wild things, his failure to love the way he should have had always been the wildest things of all” (233). I can relate to Strayed when she mentioned that because that is precisely how my father had left me. I wanted to put distance between us, so I had planned a trip to move away. Just as Strayed did when she left everything to go and find self-discovery in the PCT
As Strayed was mad at her mother for living her out in the world by herself. I’ve blamed my mother for all that has happened to me. I blamed her because I always felt that if she had been in a better health rather than mentally ill, then I think that she would have gave me a better example with life. My whole life I had to teach myself how to be a lady, respect others, and how to survive financially. Yes my mother at one point did tell me not to do bad things, but that wasn’t enough. However, I never listened to her, until she became sick. I regretted that forever since I did not have anyone to give me a good advice. According Cheryl Strayed, “I was left to figure it out on my own” (266). That’s exactly how my life felt. I am able to connect with Strayed life story because she felt lonely and lost in the world. Yes, Strayed’s mother had died, and I can’t compare death with sickness, but I felt as if mother had left me too. Especially when I wasn’t able to speak to her about my things. We both have differences, but in some type of way Strayed and I were …show more content…
My father had decided one year to go to Mexico and bring himself a new wife with kids that weren’t even his. My dad had left his real family and his real children. After that my father did not pay much attention to us. I felt this emptiness in my heart I could not believe that my own father had done that to me his eleventh year old daughter, I felt betrayed. Like Cheryl Strayed mentioned, “That was my father: the man who hadn’t father me. It had always amazed me every time. Again and again and again. Of all the wild things, his failure to love the way he should have had always been the wildest things of all” (233). I can relate to Strayed when she mentioned that because that is precisely how my father had left me. I wanted to put distance between us, so I had planned a trip to move away. Just as Strayed did when she left everything to go and find self-discovery in the PCT