Nature, It's everywhere. It comes in many shapes and forms and can tremendously affect humanity in both a positive way or a negative way. Some people like nature so much that they either buy a cabin in the woods,rent a beach house, or even go camping. Although there are also those who go overboard with this. On July of 1990 a 23 year old Chris McCandless (a person who liked nature) did the unthinkable. He decided to give away all the money in his bank account, pack up everything in his apartment, and then disappeared entirely . He would go on a hegira that would take him into the wild in order to find a sense of happiness away from the thing he hated the most , society. Since Chris McCandless believed that happiness could only be found in nature,
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Is Chris a modern day transcendentalist? There are a few details that proves he is indeed a transcendentalist, one of which is the fact that he is not just looking for happiness ( a common thing that is found nature according to transcendentalists) but for spiritual guidance. This is shown on numerous chapters with the beginning part of the chapters having passages from famous transcendentalists. A passage from the book doctor zhivago was highlighted and below it was a note from Chris saying “happiness only real when shared.” (pg 189) from this the reader see that Chris read and wrote his thoughts in his books in order to gain some guidance, just like other transcendentalists did in the past. Another action that makes Chris a modern day transcendentalists is the fact that he practices non conformity. On pg 29 he did something that would’ve made any transcendentalist proud, he burned a pile of money ( worth about 150 dollars). From this he basically showed that he did not care about currency that has been labeled valuable by the government and therefore not caring about government rules. a final example that makes him a modern day transcendentalist is that he has free thought. On page 6 a local named gallien brought up that there are a lot of bears in the area and how he doesn't look like he can deal with these bears. Chris then says that he would instead climb a tree to get away. This shows how resourceful he is and how he thinks outside the box(basically he is using free
Is Chris a modern day transcendentalist? There are a few details that proves he is indeed a transcendentalist, one of which is the fact that he is not just looking for happiness ( a common thing that is found nature according to transcendentalists) but for spiritual guidance. This is shown on numerous chapters with the beginning part of the chapters having passages from famous transcendentalists. A passage from the book doctor zhivago was highlighted and below it was a note from Chris saying “happiness only real when shared.” (pg 189) from this the reader see that Chris read and wrote his thoughts in his books in order to gain some guidance, just like other transcendentalists did in the past. Another action that makes Chris a modern day transcendentalists is the fact that he practices non conformity. On pg 29 he did something that would’ve made any transcendentalist proud, he burned a pile of money ( worth about 150 dollars). From this he basically showed that he did not care about currency that has been labeled valuable by the government and therefore not caring about government rules. a final example that makes him a modern day transcendentalist is that he has free thought. On page 6 a local named gallien brought up that there are a lot of bears in the area and how he doesn't look like he can deal with these bears. Chris then says that he would instead climb a tree to get away. This shows how resourceful he is and how he thinks outside the box(basically he is using free