In the book Wild by Cheryl Strayed, the author portrays the main character (Cheryl Strayed) as someone who undergoes significant changes and exhibits varying traits throughout the text. The story unfolds with the main character facing numerous challenges and personal issues, leading to severe depression and impulsive decisions that ultimately shape her journey. As the story progresses, the author delves into Cheryl's fierce experiences, illustrating the profound impact of her impulsive decisions and the subsequent challenges she must confront. Furthermore, one crucial moment that contributes to these traits occurs after the unexpected death of Cheryl's mother. This event plunges her into a dark place, where she becomes hooked on heroin and cheats on her husband, despite his respectful treatment. These actions showcase Cheryl's impulsive nature and the negative consequences it has on her life and mental well-being. Furthermore, Cheryl's impulsive nature continues to shape her journey, propelling her into unknown territories and forcing her to grapple with the consequences of her actions. …show more content…
Her impulsive nature is evident as she embraces the uncertainty of her choices and dives headfirst into uncharted territories. Moreover, this impulsive leap reflects her willingness to break free from her past and venture into unfamiliar terrain, seeking both physical and emotional liberation. Despite the potential pitfalls, Cheryl's boldness, and spontaneity become defining traits that shape her transformative journey in the wild. However, amidst her impulsive tendencies, Cheryl also demonstrates remarkable resourcefulness and problem-solving skills, showcasing her ability to adapt and find solutions in the face of
Josie Cormier from the novel Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult was guilty of killing her boyfriend, Matt Royston. She confessed to it when she went to court for Peter’s trial. She hadn’t told anyone about what she did for five months. Only one other person knew, because he watched her kill Matt and told her he wouldn’t tell anyone: Peter. Matt had been an abusive boyfriend, both mentally and physically.
heard a metallic click, and I froze.”” (Butler,36) Dana also shows the same feelings in her second visit as well. While she’s hiding in the bushes, she experienced the white men whipped a black man. As she quotes, The white men, “hustled the man to a tree so close to me that I lay flat on the ground, stiff with fear. With just a little bad luck, one of the whites could spot me, or, in the darkness, fail to spot me and to step on me.
The compelling novel Into The Wild, by American Journalist Jon Krauker is an inspirational and deep look inside the mind and life of a beloved young adventure Chris McCandless. Krauker himself was once a adventure, who also faced many obstacles throught his endevers. Krauker uses Retorical Stratieges in Into The Wild to show readers that know matter the outcome of the adventure, its the lessons of perseverance and determination that is ones biggest success. Chris McCandless is seen by many as careless, naive, and reckless. Krauker however viewed Chris as brave and just being young.
My main character’s name is Jenna Fox. She doesn’t quite know who she is yet, she is relearning everything that she once knew. She is slowly becoming a ‘rebel’ and wants to create herself anew while also wanting to learn about her old self. Jenna was in a car accident. She was then in a coma for almost two years, in which she forgot almost everything about herself and her life.
In the novel “Hate List”, Valerie Leftman is to return to school five months after her boyfriend, Nick shot several fellow classmates in the school cafeteria. Most of the people shot were on a list Valerie and Nick made and called the hate list. A majority of the school community believes that Valerie was aware of Nick’s plan to kill the kids (she wasn’t aware) despite the fact that Valerie saved someone’s life and got shot in the process. In “Hate List”, Valerie and everyone around her must pick up the broken pieces of fear and sadness after the tragedy. This creates a story that is both universal and so unique that it will leave the reader changed on a fundamental level.
All Good Things Are Wild and Free “Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better,” Albert Einstein once said. Nature is about balance and harmony, which is something that is lacking in today’s society. To deal with the pains of life, it is thought that one should connect with nature, and the inseparable bond that is created will allow people to find themselves again. Spending time alone and connecting with one’s environment can teach valuable life lessons, and by escaping into the wilderness, one will be able to free themselves from the troubles that have weighed them down. In Cheryl Strayed’s memoir, Wild, Cheryl uses diction and rhetoric to communicate her message by using imagery, maxims, and mature diction.
On top of that, her sister spirawled into a severe eating disorder which she still battles with today. One can only imagine the changes these trails inflicted upon Haley’s family. As an eleven year old girl it must have been so hard to understand why things like this were happening to her. The addictions her siblings had created a rift in her relationships with them.
Jacob Egli Mrs. Thomas English 2 April 26, 2023 Laura Dean Essay In the graphic novel, “Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me” by Mariko Tamaki, there is a constant conflict between the main character and her girlfriend Laura Dean. This conflict doesn’t start when they first meet at a school dance in gym class but there are showing signs. One of these signs is the panel on the top of page 69. In this panel, the girlfriend Laura is striking a pose and saying, ‘Because I’m irresistible’ in response to the main character asking why she should watch a movie with Laura.
“Sometimes when we needed money, Cheryl would give it to us. She never made it feel liked we owed her, you know.” Page 191 line 14-20. That quote speaks volumes about Cheryl’s heart, and is a testament of her identity. I believe Cheryl has found her identity and she kills herself to escape
“Be where you are; otherwise you will miss your life,” Siddhārtha Gautama, the founder of Buddhism. This quote symbolizes the idea that people worry so much about the future that they completely overlook the present and let time slip by them. In the book, “Tending Roses” by Lisa Wingate, reading her Grandma’s journal reminds Katie to live in the moment because her Grandma was so focused on upcoming tasks that all the plants grew tall, and the fireflies disappeared. Her Grandma’s diary inspires Katie to live in the present because while her Grandma was so absorbed in undone chores, the plants grew up and matured.
Cheryl was determined to hike the trail and in the end traveled about a thousand miles. She had to find herself in nature to feel normal again. As she walked in the desert with the sun to her back she always wanted to quit and
Melinda was raped as a young girl heading into her first year of high school and what happened after that was a catastrophe and would change her life and her peers view of her. Melinda perpetually haunted by her treacherous past memories struggled to stay happy and sane throughout her overwhelming first year of high school. Melinda evolves over time as she longs to be her past happy self again she slowly but surely begins to regain her happiness and self-confidence. With life-changing events coming at Melinda every which way, she experiences the highs and the lows and finds little things in life like her extraordinary passion for art to help her get through the toughest times in her life. This story will make your heart melt with sorrow and compassion, but also bring to you a remarkable story with realistic like events and settings.
Krakauer 's Into The Wild presents significant impact on the character of Chris McCandless through the few female voices of the novel, their individual relationships with Chris, and how the relationships are viewed on both ends. Through Billie’s eyes,
Based on a real story, Into the Wild can make us think from different perspectives about what the main character Christopher McCandless did. Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer is a dramatic but also remarkable story from a young, newly graduated, college student that escaped for a long wild journey but never came back. As time passes throughout the book, the reader may notice how the main character interacts with society and nature, finally McCandless dies in the wild but even though he was struggling for survival he died happy. Some people never get out of their comfort zone, others are tired of it and retire from their comfort zone to have different experiences in life, some are good enough or some are terrible.
While attending school, she would keep her heritage and true identity a secret and she would come up with lies about her parents and her ancestry. She does not want to be associated with being an Indian to help establish her superiority and fair treatment in society. When it comes to personality, Cheryl is fearless and compassionate while April is a coward. While in history class, Cheryl interjects the teacher of her teachings about the Indian people. Cheryl is stubborn, and she believes that she is always right.