The inspiring story of Cheryl Strayed and the Pacific Crest Trail is one of those stories that everyone needs to hear. Cheryl Strayed is an inspirational woman who traveled over 1000 miles on the California Pacific Crest Trail in order to find herself. Her search for clarity in her life possessed her to embark on this scary journey. Both in the movie and in the book, I felt sympathy and was inspired by Sheryl. The book Wild, alongside with the visual of the Movie, show the true colors of Cheryl Strayed and her journey of her life both off and on the Pacific Crest Trail.
The movie we saw in class provides a great aid for the book. The movie makes the book more real and shows a visual of the hardships that Strayed faced and then beauty of her journey on the PCT. Reading about her many obstacles in life, I felt very sad for this lost woman and seeing it visualized on screen made it even more of a reality. Between the death of her mother, divorcing her husband, and her drug addiction, Strayed was lost in life and needed to find herself. This is when she decided to set out for the Pacific Crest Trail. …show more content…
This shows her courage not only because she decided to take on this immense challenge but also because of her reasoning for doing it. Strayed admits her life is falling apart and instead of just letting it slip away from her she decided to do something about it which shows the kind of woman she is and also the kind of woman her mother wanted her to be. Throughout the movie, the audience is able to see the beauty of the Pacific Crest Trail and also the ugliness of Strayed’s challenges in life. By seeing the actual pain Strayed felt during her life, the readers are more likely to sympathize with her rather then criticize her for her questionable actions in
The movie we saw in class provides a great aid for the book. The movie makes the book more real and shows a visual of the hardships that Strayed faced and then beauty of her journey on the PCT. Reading about her many obstacles in life, I felt very sad for this lost woman and seeing it visualized on screen made it even more of a reality. Between the death of her mother, divorcing her husband, and her drug addiction, Strayed was lost in life and needed to find herself. This is when she decided to set out for the Pacific Crest Trail. …show more content…
This shows her courage not only because she decided to take on this immense challenge but also because of her reasoning for doing it. Strayed admits her life is falling apart and instead of just letting it slip away from her she decided to do something about it which shows the kind of woman she is and also the kind of woman her mother wanted her to be. Throughout the movie, the audience is able to see the beauty of the Pacific Crest Trail and also the ugliness of Strayed’s challenges in life. By seeing the actual pain Strayed felt during her life, the readers are more likely to sympathize with her rather then criticize her for her questionable actions in