Kira Sallak's The Cruelest Journey

The Cruelest Journey written by Kira Salak is a travel narrative about a journey to Timbuktu. It is a story that teaches people to never give up. It says that people should take on journeys to learn something about themselves. Salak is a motivated and confident woman. She has taken on many journeys in which she faced challenging obstacles. Salak's motivation is to never give up. She believes that a journey should always teach you something about yourself and others. Salak is someone who wants to take on new adventures, even if her life is at risk. When someone tells her that she is crazy, that motivates her to do it even more. " still, when a person tells me I can't do something, I want to do it all the more." (Lines 26-27) Kira Salak has self …show more content…
" if he could travel down the Niger, then so can I." (Lines 38-39) Salak believes that there is no point of taking journeys unless you learn something about yourself. " if he journey doesn't have something to teach you about yourself, then what kind of journey is it? There is one thing I'm already certain of: Though we meeting we choose our journeys, they choose us." (Lines 68-71) Salak is stating that people take on specific journeys because it appeals to them, it is where they will learn something about themselves. She is saying that you should never give up. "there is only one direction to go: forward. There is only one direction to go: forward. Stopping has become anathema." (Lines 114-115) Salak says that it is normal to face hardships. " and so I've told the world that it can do what it wants with me during this trip if only, by the end, I have learned something more. A bargain, then. The journey, my teacher." (Lines 123-125) she is saying that she is willing to face any type of hardship just to learn something about herself. She always wants to learn something new. " she is saying that she is willing to face any type of hardship just to learn something about