The Final Journey
By: Elysha Charyk
After reading Wild by Cheryl Strayed, and
analysing it through three different perspectives, applying it to the
archetypal literary theory, provided the most insight. Applying the archetypal theory provided the
most insight because you really had to think about what was happening. Wild was about someone going on journey in
hopes of rediscovering the old her before she had lost her mother and turned to
drugs, but it ended up being about much more than what was just written on the
back of the book.
It was about girl, who lost her mother and
took a turn for the worse. She had no
family around, and her stepfather was busy with his new family, and she turned
to drugs after the divorce with her husband.
She hit rock bottom in her life and wanted to change, she wanted to
become the person that she once was, before her mother had passed away. The hike of The Pacific Crest Trail, was
meaningful to her in a way that she can be by herself and think about her
thoughts, and also enjoy the hike. Along
her hike she met people who really helped her get through the tough parts of
hiking, that she wasn’t prepared for.
There aren’t many people in this book, and
when there are people they aren’t in the story for long, so you really have to
think about who are allies, the enemies and how this story follows the pattern
of a hero’s journey. Without really thinking about the book, and paying
attention to the details, I never would have known that Strayed’s backpack was
her enemy just by the name that she gave it “monster”.
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