The theme of Brianne Goodspeed’s essay seems to be that of personal growth stemming from leaving one’s comfort zone. Before Goodspeed left on her “pilgrimage” bike trip, she had much consistency and order in her life; a five-year long relationship, a college degree, and a job, which all ended abruptly. While she was free from her past, she needed a way to completely start over. Her trip to France was trying at first, but it allowed her to grow as a person. The line, “The bike and I were a team. A couple. Together, we were indomitable,” emphasizes her growth and newfound connection to her new bike, through personification. While picking up her bike, simile is used to represent her newfound confidence when she describes feeling of, “the rush of power that a man must feel as her grabs a girl around the waist.”
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