heryl Strayed is American memoirist, novelist, and essayist. She was born on September 17, 1968 at Spangler, Pennsylvania. She graduated from the University of Minnesota, where she earns her bachelor with a double major in English and Women's Studies. Later she received a Master of Fine Arts in fiction writing from Syracuse University. Strayed was a guest editor of The Best American Essays 2013. Her essay won her a Pushcart Prize. She qualifies a lot about this subject because of her extensive knowledge with English and women. Strayed travels to all over to writer’s retreats and seminars also. She served on the first board of directors for Vida: Women in Literary Arts and has been active in many feminist and progressive causes. She does give …show more content…
This makes me think of the idea of the emotional intension that we discussed with “My Papa Waltz”. It’s not the same situation, but emotionally the two connect because of the pain that these people/characters have gone though. It is not only her experience that taught her how to handle situations but to not judge others about what they say about. She connects us to another idea from our class. It’s like our ice breaker at the beginning of the semester, which we introduce ourselves and no one cared who you were but cared that there now part of your life as a classmate momentarily. No judgements were made and we all got along. This is how Strayed sees the world. No one should be judged and we all should coincide with one another. The fact that she herself is a woman that had a repeated process of hooking up and breaking up with Steve Almond is very resentful. Relating this to “Looking at women” and how we should see a woman. We should not use a woman for her body, but to have them express themselves their own way. We also see that has a death of a relative. I also had a relative die recently and it’s heartbreaking to see them go, but I move on because I know that this person will always stay by my side. Like Strayed says, the best way to cope with the death of a family member is the memories that they gave you. Coming from Strayed however won’t go