Wild by Cheryl Strayed focuses on many real life situations. As a freshman, many of these are situations that I may encounter my first year in college. At the age of 22 Strayed’s life changed forever. She lost someone who everyone may fear or losing, her mom. Her mom died of cancer and Strayed was forced to live life without someone that was her everything, someone who got her through certain through life itself. As Strayed began the journey through life without her mother she encountered some positives and negatives that eventually get her on track living this life. Starting a journey, a hike which was her getaway Strayed became negative at some points along the way. At one point Strayed had the thought of turning around, giving up on the
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Some positive things she did included her continuing her journey even though she came across bumps that could have prevented her. The fact she made relationships with new people was also positive. Meeting new people gave her a chance to open up more and find her true self. This novel relates to me as a freshman in several ways. First, it shows me that in order to get where I’m headed I’m going to go through ups and downs in life. It shows me that I will have to deal with the ups and downs in a way they will make me stronger and eager to get where I am going. Next, the novel shows me as a freshman I have to do what I think is best for me and don’t let anyone else get in the way on my way to success. Finally, the novel relates to me as a freshman because I’m going to go places I have never gone, loose friends, make new ones and so on but I have to stay positive like Strayed in order to be successful. This novel also relates to my personal life because Strayed lost someone close to her at a young age. I was younger than she was when she lost her mother. I lost my grandmother at a young age. Losing loved ones is hard situations to get through and finding comfort and accepting it is even harder. I have once felt the pain of losing a loved one and the
Some positive things she did included her continuing her journey even though she came across bumps that could have prevented her. The fact she made relationships with new people was also positive. Meeting new people gave her a chance to open up more and find her true self. This novel relates to me as a freshman in several ways. First, it shows me that in order to get where I’m headed I’m going to go through ups and downs in life. It shows me that I will have to deal with the ups and downs in a way they will make me stronger and eager to get where I am going. Next, the novel shows me as a freshman I have to do what I think is best for me and don’t let anyone else get in the way on my way to success. Finally, the novel relates to me as a freshman because I’m going to go places I have never gone, loose friends, make new ones and so on but I have to stay positive like Strayed in order to be successful. This novel also relates to my personal life because Strayed lost someone close to her at a young age. I was younger than she was when she lost her mother. I lost my grandmother at a young age. Losing loved ones is hard situations to get through and finding comfort and accepting it is even harder. I have once felt the pain of losing a loved one and the