Essay On Into The Wild Transcendentalism

Transcendentalism is the cultural movement that utilized nature and the essence of the spirit in order to confine against the societal status quo. Christopher McCandless, who also goes by Alexander Supertramp, denied the conformity of society and other beliefs. Chris’s younger sister, Carine, revealed part of his journey to Jon Krakauer, who later on wrote about Chris’s journey in the book, Into the Wild. When the book was published, numerous amount of criticism were made about Chris’s ignorant actions. As the ruthless comments continue, Carine argues her guilty consequences built up and regret not revealing his full migration. However, society has a tendency to putdown those who does not fit in with the status quo. Disagreeing with Carine, …show more content…
The book and movie, Into the Wild, was puzzling which symbolizes Chris’s attitude and life. Throughout the book, Krakauer portrays Chris as a carefree human being, who neglected what society thought of him. “Society, man! You know, society! Cause, you know what I don 't understand? I don 't understand why people, why every fucking person is so bad to each other so fucking often. It doesn 't make sense to me. Judgment. Control. All that, the whole spectrum” Chris explains to Westerberg, in the movie. Carine believe she has done a dishonor to her brother, by giving him a bad reputation. However, Chris resented societies perspective on him when he was alive, as well as when he deceased. He would not blame Carine for giving half of the story, he would admire her for that since she always knew him the best. “It was pretty obvious he didn’t get along with his family, but he never said much about any of them except Carine, his little sister. He said they were pretty close,” explained Borah, one of the people Chris met during his journey. Rather than being mad at Carine, I believe Chris would have acknowledged Carine to reveal part of his journey since he enjoyed being the