Being True Essay
IN today’s world many people live to either their own terms or what other choose for them.“I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived.”( Thoreau) “There is a time in every man's education when he arrives at the conviction that envy is ignorance; that imitation is suicide; that he must take himself for better” (Emerson). These are quotes from Author and Poet who choose to live the way they want to live their lives on their own terms and want others to follow their beliefs.A recent example would be a man known by two name Christopher Mccandless or Alexander Supertramp who chose to live his life on his own accord. Mccandless was born on February 12,1968 into a family of six half brothers. At the age of nine he and his family moved to D.C. and Graduated from W.T. Woodson …show more content…
He didn’t care what others said about his lifestyle he kept on living, he didn’t care what other said about him he lived a life worth living for. He had an entire life planned ahead of him but gave it up for a better and more free life. However in this world not everyone has a choice to live their life like they wanted.it. An example would the citizens in North Korea. They are forced to live a life to where they worship a dictator who spreads lies to his people saying that they are living a life better than those outside North Korea. And throughout the years people began in North Korea to realize they are trap and some even take measurement to flee the country but sadly it is illegal and the penalty is death. This proves people in different countries freedom. A person in the U.S. can live any lifestyle they want, however those in other countries
IN today’s world many people live to either their own terms or what other choose for them.“I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived.”( Thoreau) “There is a time in every man's education when he arrives at the conviction that envy is ignorance; that imitation is suicide; that he must take himself for better” (Emerson). These are quotes from Author and Poet who choose to live the way they want to live their lives on their own terms and want others to follow their beliefs.A recent example would be a man known by two name Christopher Mccandless or Alexander Supertramp who chose to live his life on his own accord. Mccandless was born on February 12,1968 into a family of six half brothers. At the age of nine he and his family moved to D.C. and Graduated from W.T. Woodson …show more content…
He didn’t care what others said about his lifestyle he kept on living, he didn’t care what other said about him he lived a life worth living for. He had an entire life planned ahead of him but gave it up for a better and more free life. However in this world not everyone has a choice to live their life like they wanted.it. An example would the citizens in North Korea. They are forced to live a life to where they worship a dictator who spreads lies to his people saying that they are living a life better than those outside North Korea. And throughout the years people began in North Korea to realize they are trap and some even take measurement to flee the country but sadly it is illegal and the penalty is death. This proves people in different countries freedom. A person in the U.S. can live any lifestyle they want, however those in other countries