The way Strayed, presents herself in the book affect her trustworthiness because she lied a lot in the book. For example, she lied to Greg about how many hours she walked per day (Strayed 87). Also she confessed “I had to change. I had to change was the thought that drove me in those months of planning. Not into a different person, but back to the person I use to be-strong and responsible, clear-eyed and driven, ethical and good” (Strayed 57). She said it herself: she lied because she really does not change, or regret what she did or said. She claimed, “I was who I was: the same woman who pulsed beneath the bruise of her old life, only I was somewhere else” (Strayed 35). “She never changed to a different person, however she was always strong
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She calculated the days until she would reach her next destination using The Pacific Crest Trail, Volume I: California. She showed us how long she walked and how far it was. She declared, “it would take me two days to reach the first water source seventeen miles into my hike, I guessed, so I would have to carry enough to get me through” (Strayed 42). She has to carry a lot of water because she had to hike 24 hours in order to get to a place that had water. I cannot imagine carrying two days of water behind my back! It shows how determined and strong she was. She also put a map of her hike at the beginning of the book because she wanted the reader to be more aware of the places she was in and how long it was. This made her logos better because it helped the reader follow along and showed that she cared. Also, she did a very good job describing each and every person and the place she encountered. She described her step father as. “long hair and big bushy beard” (Strayed 266). Her description reminded me of my dad and made it very relatable to others. She also uses an understandable language and repeated words she used to signal important events like “my mom was dead. My mom was dead” (Strayed 34). She expressed that it was a very important event that marked her life. All this demonstrated how it was good use of the experience and …show more content…
Throughout the book she narrated very complicated experiences that only mature people could understand. She explains her abortion and drug use, “I’d done a lot of dumb and dangerous things in my life” (Strayed 47). This quote explains that she has made many mistakes during her life.
She also used very grotesque language that might offend children like “fuck” and describes her sexual life. This book is also dedicated to all people who have had a big loss in their life. Strayed writes: “I was crying over all of it, over the sick mire I’d made of my life since my mother died; over the stupid experience that had become my own. I was not meant to be this way, to live this way, to fail so darkly” (56). For her, the loss of her mother was devastating. The audience that she refers to is mature people who have been through similar experiences that can connect with
She calculated the days until she would reach her next destination using The Pacific Crest Trail, Volume I: California. She showed us how long she walked and how far it was. She declared, “it would take me two days to reach the first water source seventeen miles into my hike, I guessed, so I would have to carry enough to get me through” (Strayed 42). She has to carry a lot of water because she had to hike 24 hours in order to get to a place that had water. I cannot imagine carrying two days of water behind my back! It shows how determined and strong she was. She also put a map of her hike at the beginning of the book because she wanted the reader to be more aware of the places she was in and how long it was. This made her logos better because it helped the reader follow along and showed that she cared. Also, she did a very good job describing each and every person and the place she encountered. She described her step father as. “long hair and big bushy beard” (Strayed 266). Her description reminded me of my dad and made it very relatable to others. She also uses an understandable language and repeated words she used to signal important events like “my mom was dead. My mom was dead” (Strayed 34). She expressed that it was a very important event that marked her life. All this demonstrated how it was good use of the experience and …show more content…
Throughout the book she narrated very complicated experiences that only mature people could understand. She explains her abortion and drug use, “I’d done a lot of dumb and dangerous things in my life” (Strayed 47). This quote explains that she has made many mistakes during her life.
She also used very grotesque language that might offend children like “fuck” and describes her sexual life. This book is also dedicated to all people who have had a big loss in their life. Strayed writes: “I was crying over all of it, over the sick mire I’d made of my life since my mother died; over the stupid experience that had become my own. I was not meant to be this way, to live this way, to fail so darkly” (56). For her, the loss of her mother was devastating. The audience that she refers to is mature people who have been through similar experiences that can connect with