https://padlet.com/ggrays0314/kdeehxdj90px Author: Cheryl Strayed en-us 2017-11-13 21:15:08 UTC 2026-02-28 19:03:24 UTC hello@padlet.com ggrays0314 https://padlet.com/ggrays0314/kdeehxdj90px/wish/206498378  ]]> 2017-11-13 21:25:50 UTC https://padlet.com/ggrays0314/kdeehxdj90px/wish/206498378 ggrays0314 https://padlet.com/ggrays0314/kdeehxdj90px/wish/206501372 2017-11-13 21:36:04 UTC https://padlet.com/ggrays0314/kdeehxdj90px/wish/206501372 ggrays0314 https://padlet.com/ggrays0314/kdeehxdj90px/wish/206502237 Cheryl Strayed-Narrator
Barbara-Chery's Mother
Paul-Cheryl's ex-husband
Eddie-Stepfather
Joe-Chery's new lover
Ed-Man who welcome PCT hikers
Lisa-Cheryl's best friend
Greg-First hiker she met
Stacy-hiker she meets in Ashland
Doug and Tom-Two hikers around Strayed’s age
Johnathan- Handsome man Strayed met in Ashland at a club.
The Three Young Bucks-A handsome group of hikers in their early 20s: Rick, Richie, and Josh.]]> 2017-11-13 21:38:53 UTC https://padlet.com/ggrays0314/kdeehxdj90px/wish/206502237 ggrays0314 https://padlet.com/ggrays0314/kdeehxdj90px/wish/206504501 The Pacific Crest Trail is a long distance hiking trail next to the highest portion of the Sierra Nevada and Cascade mountain ranges, which lie 100 to 150 miles east of the U.S. Pacific coast. Cheryl Hiked the trail in 1995 without a definite partner or group.]]> 2017-11-13 21:46:10 UTC https://padlet.com/ggrays0314/kdeehxdj90px/wish/206504501 ggrays0314 https://padlet.com/ggrays0314/kdeehxdj90px/wish/206505718 Cheryl found that her life was going in a downward spiral. After her mother died of lung cancer, she got involved in several affairs, which led to the divorce of her husband. She then started using heroin with her new lover, a man named Joe. She needed to reevaluate her life, to take a break and to change herself. ]]> 2017-11-13 21:50:44 UTC https://padlet.com/ggrays0314/kdeehxdj90px/wish/206505718 ggrays0314 https://padlet.com/ggrays0314/kdeehxdj90px/wish/206507683 “I knew that if I allowed fear to overtake me, my journey was doomed. Fear, to a great extent, is born of a story we tell ourselves, and so I chose to tell myself a different story from the one women are told. I decided I was safe. I was strong. I was brave. Nothing could vanquish me.”  (Cheryl Strayed, Wild, pg. 51)
The theme of the book is fear. Cheryl is constantly referring to the fact that if she didn't train herself to become brave, she wouldn't have taken such a journey. She is brave enough to get through everything her journey throws at her: wildlife, insects, horrible boots, lack of water, harsh rain, snow, heat, no money, and long tiring days.]]> 2017-11-13 21:58:48 UTC https://padlet.com/ggrays0314/kdeehxdj90px/wish/206507683 ggrays0314 https://padlet.com/ggrays0314/kdeehxdj90px/wish/206509296 Cheryl Strayed wants to discover herself and overcome her grief for the death of her mother, and her complicated personal problems. At age 26 she decides to go on the Pacific Crest Trail, a long journey, all alone and with no prior hiking experience. She describes her scarring past, her present and future desires for herself. She changes both physically, and mentally throughout her tasking hike.]]> 2017-11-13 22:05:44 UTC https://padlet.com/ggrays0314/kdeehxdj90px/wish/206509296 ggrays0314 https://padlet.com/ggrays0314/kdeehxdj90px/wish/206510685 This memoir is entertaining and intense however she goes into explicit detail about her affairs and relationships throughout the whole book. She dwells on the same theme throughout the story and doesn't seem entirely changed towards the end of the story. I wouldn't recommend the book, however if you are looking to read a memoir that encompasses this then it would be a great fit.]]> 2017-11-13 22:12:42 UTC https://padlet.com/ggrays0314/kdeehxdj90px/wish/206510685