Into The Wild
` Nature has been around since the beginning of time and has affected lives in positive ways. Many people have been to wild just to visit but Chris McCandless wanted to live his life in the wild. Some would say that McCandless lived a perfect, but he did not feel that way. McCandless went to wild to escape from all of the chaos around him and be at peace with himself. He lived in a broken home that many people say was the reasoning for going into the wild. Although many may argue the reasoning of McCandless being insane served as primary motivation for his adventure, there is more evidence showing that his family as well as his heroes Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry Thoreau played a big role. McCandless read an excerpt by Ralph …show more content…
Thoreau was someone that just let life take its own path. McCandless wanted the same thing for himself. In an excerpt by Thoreau called “Walden” (1845) reads, “I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately” (1-2). Thoreau wanted to live life purposely not on accident. He did not want to live just by something suddenly happened. He wanted life to have a purpose. McCandless did not want to live by his parents rules and standards anymore, he wanted a life with a meaning. McCandless wanted to make his life the best life he could. When he went to the wild he made the decision that the wild was the best place for him to live. There is another quote by Thoreau that says, “get the whole and genuine meanness of it…” (12). Thoreau and McCandless both wanted their life to be true to heart and something they were proud to be living. Both Thoreau and McCandless went to the wild because they would live the life they wanted in the wild. Every decision made by McCandless was because he wanted to and not because someone made …show more content…
McCandless lived in a broken home that some may say is the real reason for him leaving. In a documentary called “Return To The Wild”, it talked about how his father had too different families and McCandless had many half siblings. McCandless half siblings only lived twenty minutes away from him. McCandless grew up watching his mother get beaten by his dad. McCandless had pressure on his back because he had to watch his mother get hurt and protect his sister. There was major separation and tension between him and his parents. McCandless also had to deal with the issue of being lonely because he felt his parents did not understand him. He did not feel himself when he was in his home and his parents did not understand that their actions were pushing McCandless away. McCandless tried to give hints that respect is not earned by material
` Nature has been around since the beginning of time and has affected lives in positive ways. Many people have been to wild just to visit but Chris McCandless wanted to live his life in the wild. Some would say that McCandless lived a perfect, but he did not feel that way. McCandless went to wild to escape from all of the chaos around him and be at peace with himself. He lived in a broken home that many people say was the reasoning for going into the wild. Although many may argue the reasoning of McCandless being insane served as primary motivation for his adventure, there is more evidence showing that his family as well as his heroes Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry Thoreau played a big role. McCandless read an excerpt by Ralph …show more content…
Thoreau was someone that just let life take its own path. McCandless wanted the same thing for himself. In an excerpt by Thoreau called “Walden” (1845) reads, “I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately” (1-2). Thoreau wanted to live life purposely not on accident. He did not want to live just by something suddenly happened. He wanted life to have a purpose. McCandless did not want to live by his parents rules and standards anymore, he wanted a life with a meaning. McCandless wanted to make his life the best life he could. When he went to the wild he made the decision that the wild was the best place for him to live. There is another quote by Thoreau that says, “get the whole and genuine meanness of it…” (12). Thoreau and McCandless both wanted their life to be true to heart and something they were proud to be living. Both Thoreau and McCandless went to the wild because they would live the life they wanted in the wild. Every decision made by McCandless was because he wanted to and not because someone made …show more content…
McCandless lived in a broken home that some may say is the real reason for him leaving. In a documentary called “Return To The Wild”, it talked about how his father had too different families and McCandless had many half siblings. McCandless half siblings only lived twenty minutes away from him. McCandless grew up watching his mother get beaten by his dad. McCandless had pressure on his back because he had to watch his mother get hurt and protect his sister. There was major separation and tension between him and his parents. McCandless also had to deal with the issue of being lonely because he felt his parents did not understand him. He did not feel himself when he was in his home and his parents did not understand that their actions were pushing McCandless away. McCandless tried to give hints that respect is not earned by material