Christopher McCandless Essay
Christopher McCandless was a graduate from Emory University in Atlanta. And he was very interested in the idea of “transcendentalism”. Chris wanted nothing but to understand how society works so he set off into the wilderness of Alaska to understand the meaning of life. Also, Chris is the young man in “Death of an Innocent”, by Jon Krakalier and the movie Into the Wild by Sean Penn. I highly admire the idea that Christopher was attempting cause you shouldn't always have to depend on a society to survive in life.
Christopher McCandless should be admired for his courage to set off into the Wild lands of Alaska to attempt to understand transcendentalism. McCandless took a lot of pride to drop out of college and abandon …show more content…
Christopher was highly attracted to the idea of transcendentalism because he wanted to further understand the idea of the nature of reality. McCandless was also very interested in the idea of transcendentalism that he even took off for the wild leaving behind his education, wealth, and even losing contact with all his friends and family. But Christopher is also very foolish for leaving his family with no whereabouts of where he was headed before taking off for his adventure to understand transcendentalism. I admire the courage that he took to pull off the adventure but I think it's foolish to die from starvation for doing a poorly planned out trip to one of the toughest states in the North American continent. But I will have to admire McCandless for his courageousness to become a transcendentalist to understand the true meaning of happiness, “Happiness is only real when shared” McCandless said. Therefore I strongly admire the work that McCandless has achieved because he had everything in life and abandoned it to understood that happiness is only real when shared and that's a huge discovery to anybody interested in the idea of
Christopher McCandless was a graduate from Emory University in Atlanta. And he was very interested in the idea of “transcendentalism”. Chris wanted nothing but to understand how society works so he set off into the wilderness of Alaska to understand the meaning of life. Also, Chris is the young man in “Death of an Innocent”, by Jon Krakalier and the movie Into the Wild by Sean Penn. I highly admire the idea that Christopher was attempting cause you shouldn't always have to depend on a society to survive in life.
Christopher McCandless should be admired for his courage to set off into the Wild lands of Alaska to attempt to understand transcendentalism. McCandless took a lot of pride to drop out of college and abandon …show more content…
Christopher was highly attracted to the idea of transcendentalism because he wanted to further understand the idea of the nature of reality. McCandless was also very interested in the idea of transcendentalism that he even took off for the wild leaving behind his education, wealth, and even losing contact with all his friends and family. But Christopher is also very foolish for leaving his family with no whereabouts of where he was headed before taking off for his adventure to understand transcendentalism. I admire the courage that he took to pull off the adventure but I think it's foolish to die from starvation for doing a poorly planned out trip to one of the toughest states in the North American continent. But I will have to admire McCandless for his courageousness to become a transcendentalist to understand the true meaning of happiness, “Happiness is only real when shared” McCandless said. Therefore I strongly admire the work that McCandless has achieved because he had everything in life and abandoned it to understood that happiness is only real when shared and that's a huge discovery to anybody interested in the idea of