Sarah MacDonald as a Traveler

Through the book Holy Cow we can note that at the beginning the author had a negative perspective of India but at the end she had made a start along the path to personal transformation and inner peace. At first, when she arrived to India, she was an atheist, but as the time passes she finds herself and embarks on the journey to unravel the mysteries of India. Therefore in my opinion, Sarah MacDonald ended to be a traveler because at the end she observes, experiences and tries to understand the faith, beliefs and religion of different people and what these mean to an Indian. An example of this seen in the book is when she got sick with pneuomonia. In the hospital she realized that “No matter how many spunky lovers you’ve had, how much you earn, what you do for a living and how groovy you look, all that matters is how you live. I’ve always said such things, but now for the first time I truly believe them, deep in my bones and my diseased flesh”. In my opinion she was very sick and almost die, and that was the time when she first realized that the most important things in the world are not the material ones, are the spiritual ones. Finally it can be say that the author through the book observes the people very closely, meaning that she ends to be a traveler that learn more about the culture and the historical aspects of others.