Wild

by

Cheryl Strayed

Albert Character Analysis

A man hiking the PCT with his younger son Matt. Albert and Matt cross paths with Cheryl for a while along the trail until they contract giardia around Kennedy Meadows and are forced to stop hiking to get medical help. Albert is the one who helps Cheryl winnow the supplies she’s carrying around on her back inside of Monster, lightening her load a little before she heads back out on the trail.

Albert Quotes in Wild

The Wild quotes below are all either spoken by Albert or refer to Albert. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
Loss and Grief Theme Icon
).
Chapter 7 Quotes

[My pack] was still the biggest pack of the bunch—hiking solo, I had to carry things that those who hiked in pairs could divvy up, and I didn’t have the ultralight confidence or skills that Greg did—but in comparison to how my pack had been before Albert helped me purge it, it was so light I felt I could leap into the air.

Related Characters: Cheryl Strayed (speaker), Greg, Albert
Related Symbols: Monster
Page Number: 108
Explanation and Analysis:
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Albert Quotes in Wild

The Wild quotes below are all either spoken by Albert or refer to Albert. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
Loss and Grief Theme Icon
).
Chapter 7 Quotes

[My pack] was still the biggest pack of the bunch—hiking solo, I had to carry things that those who hiked in pairs could divvy up, and I didn’t have the ultralight confidence or skills that Greg did—but in comparison to how my pack had been before Albert helped me purge it, it was so light I felt I could leap into the air.

Related Characters: Cheryl Strayed (speaker), Greg, Albert
Related Symbols: Monster
Page Number: 108
Explanation and Analysis: