To Danielle about Wild by Cheryl Strayed

I never read Wild by Cheryl Strayed, but I heard a lot about it. The story is one of self-discovery where the details are omnipresent. When the main character is walking by herself along the pacific coast, not a lot of exterior incitements happen, everything comes from memory or current feelings. Still, the outside world is often portrait as hostile and a place where one needs to survive until inner peace is found. Those characteristics remind me of books like Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer or The Alchemist by Pablo Coelho. The former is also a sort of a memoir in which the main character left the work rat race behind to be closer to nature and himself. The latter is the story of a shepherd’s quest to find a treasure he had dream about. Again, the physical journey reflect the inner journey. On a different level, Orange is the new black by Piper Kerman corresponds to the same appeal factors. It’s a memoir, and the main character tries to find herself within a lonely and something dangerous environment. Same journey, same character.