The world has become a shallow place, a place filled with materialistic desires and deprivation of the appreciation for nature and simplicity. People have become consumed by the objects that they have come to want, and most aspire to have more luxurious objects than those they possess at a given moment. Few individuals desire to escape the comfortable and materialistic life that so many live and instead find their true happiness living a simple, non-materialistic life while embracing the beauty found in nature all around the globe. Into the Wild’s Chris McCandless is one of the few who has had such a great desire. McCandless was a courageous, noble idealist whose decision to leave his entire life of wealth and objects behind and embark on
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He was surely different all throughout his life, and he always appeared to be slightly above others. As a teenager and young adult, he believed that he was better than the average person, and he was incredibly overconfident. It is noted that while “we Americans are titillated by sex, obsessed by it…” (Krakauer 66), McCandless’s keeping away from sexuality correlates with a “personality type that our culture purports to admire…” (Krakauer 66). McCandless possessed characteristics that set him apart as almost superior in his ways of thinking and regards to his ideals. I believe that he was a noble idealist due to him having been driven by the desire to discover joy and peace by coming to terms with nature. A noble idealist is one who believes in living according to what he or she believes is morally ideal, rather than what society deems practical. Such ideals possessed by McCandless are supported by philosophical ideas of other idealists. His goal was to live the way that he believed, morally, life should be lived, regardless of practicality. He had his goal set in his heart and soul, and he was never deterred from it in his two years of working to achieve it. That alone should be looked up at. When he struggled to find rides as a hitchhiker, he did not turn back around. When he was hungry and weak, he did not give in and return to society. His determination allowed him to stick with his plan, whereas often …show more content…
His journey, although wild and most certainly unique, was undeniably admirable, for he was able to stick to his idealistic goal through thick and think, while never giving
He was surely different all throughout his life, and he always appeared to be slightly above others. As a teenager and young adult, he believed that he was better than the average person, and he was incredibly overconfident. It is noted that while “we Americans are titillated by sex, obsessed by it…” (Krakauer 66), McCandless’s keeping away from sexuality correlates with a “personality type that our culture purports to admire…” (Krakauer 66). McCandless possessed characteristics that set him apart as almost superior in his ways of thinking and regards to his ideals. I believe that he was a noble idealist due to him having been driven by the desire to discover joy and peace by coming to terms with nature. A noble idealist is one who believes in living according to what he or she believes is morally ideal, rather than what society deems practical. Such ideals possessed by McCandless are supported by philosophical ideas of other idealists. His goal was to live the way that he believed, morally, life should be lived, regardless of practicality. He had his goal set in his heart and soul, and he was never deterred from it in his two years of working to achieve it. That alone should be looked up at. When he struggled to find rides as a hitchhiker, he did not turn back around. When he was hungry and weak, he did not give in and return to society. His determination allowed him to stick with his plan, whereas often …show more content…
His journey, although wild and most certainly unique, was undeniably admirable, for he was able to stick to his idealistic goal through thick and think, while never giving