The Hubris of Men
Throughout the novel Into the Wild written by Jon Krakauer, a young man, Chris McCandless, is very knowledgeable, as shown by his success in school and his ability to get along with people and accomplish almost everything he puts his mind to. McCandless shows a lot of prideful ignorance throughout the novel and on his journey to Alaska which he is very underprepared for. Every character that goes out to commune in nature in this novel are men; although there have been female characters none of them have undergone similar adventures as Chris McCandless. Females are not mentioned throughout the novel because men have a natural allure to danger because their testosterone makes them more apt to making irrational decisions.
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For McCandless it was easiest to go on dangerous adventures. Just as McCandless males “...understand that there are different motivations for dominance and aggression, which sometimes work concurrently” (Mazur). With a little help of a male's testosterone they make a decision on impulse not on knowledge. This is why females are much less likely to put themselves in danger because they think everything through to the end. An example of a man who acted on impulse and did not think his adventure through is the author Krakauer. He believed, “...climbing the Devils Thumb would fix all that was wrong with my life” (Krakauer 155). Krakauer acted on impulse instead of thinking of what the end result would be. Males always make irrational decisions and do not realize it until it is too late. Krakauer almost died on his adventure and realized, “In the end, of course, it changed almost nothing”(Krakauer 155). If males stopped acting on impulse they would be less likely to put themselves in terrible positions but these terrible decisions are why males and not females are prominent in the
Throughout the novel Into the Wild written by Jon Krakauer, a young man, Chris McCandless, is very knowledgeable, as shown by his success in school and his ability to get along with people and accomplish almost everything he puts his mind to. McCandless shows a lot of prideful ignorance throughout the novel and on his journey to Alaska which he is very underprepared for. Every character that goes out to commune in nature in this novel are men; although there have been female characters none of them have undergone similar adventures as Chris McCandless. Females are not mentioned throughout the novel because men have a natural allure to danger because their testosterone makes them more apt to making irrational decisions.
Men's testosterone makes them act on …show more content…
For McCandless it was easiest to go on dangerous adventures. Just as McCandless males “...understand that there are different motivations for dominance and aggression, which sometimes work concurrently” (Mazur). With a little help of a male's testosterone they make a decision on impulse not on knowledge. This is why females are much less likely to put themselves in danger because they think everything through to the end. An example of a man who acted on impulse and did not think his adventure through is the author Krakauer. He believed, “...climbing the Devils Thumb would fix all that was wrong with my life” (Krakauer 155). Krakauer acted on impulse instead of thinking of what the end result would be. Males always make irrational decisions and do not realize it until it is too late. Krakauer almost died on his adventure and realized, “In the end, of course, it changed almost nothing”(Krakauer 155). If males stopped acting on impulse they would be less likely to put themselves in terrible positions but these terrible decisions are why males and not females are prominent in the