How Is Chris Mccandless A Transcendentalist

Chris McCandless was a true modern transcendentalist, his story ended tragically but throughout his story, he showed how he progressed as a transcendentalist. Into the Wild, written by Jon Krakauer, tells the story of Chris, starting from his adolescence years to his final days on the bus. Chris met many people who helped shape him even more as a transcendentalist and made his choice to leave his old life behind worth it. Gallien was one of the first people Chris met when starting his life. He drove him to the far edge of Denali National Park where he first stepped ‘into the wild’. Gallien gave Chris a pair of rubber boots to help him on his journey, he also gave him some food for the road, and he gave Chris his phone number to reach out to …show more content…
When Ron caught news of Chris’ death, he drove down to the store and bought alcohol, hoping he would die from how much he drank. Chris always had his mind on the prize: Alaska. No one had any idea that this Alaska adventure would be his final adventure. In Alaska, Chris finds a bus that he makes his home, complete with a chore list and all his belongings. He shoots a moose but feels remorse for doing so as the meat had gone to waste with maggots infesting it. He attempted to return back but the trail he previously walked on was flooded, he knew it would be suicide to even attempt to cross over so he decided to return to the bus. His last moments, written in his journal, stated that he was feeling weak, could not stand, and he was starving. His body was no longer capable of keeping up and in August he died in the sleeping bag his mother sewed him. In his final moments, Chris wrote a letter asking for help, which no one came by to help, and his very last letter was a goodbye, knowing he was going to die. Even now we aren't sure what killed Chris, if it was starvation or poisoning from