Into The Wild Analysis Essay

Jon Krakauer’s book Into the Wild tells the true story of a young man by the name of Chris McCandless, who was dissatisfied with the expectations of how a person’s life was suspected to be lived. McCandless was never satisfied with life, and as soon as he was out of college he left behind his wealthy family and hopeful future in hopes of connecting with nature and discovering what life is truly about. His uncommon views of an unimportant government and actions of creating temporary relationships with people he encounters and easily leaves behind to continue his journey support the evidence of just how abnormal McCandless’s as a person truly was. In Krakauer’s Into the Wild, Chris McCandless is portrayed as an unusual man, desperate to discover life’s true meaning, who believes life is best when lived with no company other than Mother Nature by his side. McCandless saw civilization as a trap that people were meant to fall into while he viewed nature as an endless opportunity. Although Chris had a promising future due to his intelligence and wealth, he saw past those societal nametags to escape from a common life among common people. He …show more content…
He does not allow for himself to be defined by anything, and that includes the government. During McCandless’s ride up into the Alaska wilderness, he makes his opinion crudely clear about his opinion on the government. When asked whether or not Chris owned a hunting license by Gallien, the man who gave him a ride to the Alaska wild, he says, “How I feed myself is none of the governments business. Fuck their stupid rules” (Krakauer 6). Based off of this quote, it is indisputable that McCandless did not have any regard for the government’s rules or regulations and thought very little of it. Just like every other aspect of his life, Chris followed no rules or expectations aside from his own, legal or