Chris Mccandless: The Transcendentalist Way Of Life

One of the many reason people move to Alaska is because of how much adventure is out there. Most of them seeking a rebellion of some kind and others just looking for an adventure. Many people find many reason Chris went into the wild, transcendentalism, his defiance of society and the domestic violence he experienced as a child. All of those reason are a what impacted to go into the wild.
The transcendentalist way of life may be hard but some people feel it is the only way a person should live. Transcendentalism is defined as an idealistic philosophical and social movement and its followers are taught that divinity pervades all nature and humanity, and its members held progressive views on feminism and communal living. This was the lifestyle that Chris McCandless felt he need to live by. One of the more infamous writers tried to live a transcendentalist life was Henry David Thoreau and Chris lived by his teachings. As …show more content…
But his sister has a different story to tell about the real reason Chris went into the wild. Carine McCandless claims his main reason that Chris went into the wild was because of the domestic violence he experienced as a child. She claims that many people do not know the “entire story.”(Carine McCandless) She had something important to share and after some years she felt it was finally time. She claims to be the voice of Chris since he obviously can not speak for himself anymore. Along with the other siblings they had from their father 's first marriage experienced “constant domestic violence, threats and deception.”(Carine McCandless) She believed by not acknowledging these facts is an injustice to him and makes many people misunderstand why he left and when into the wild into the first place. By publishing her book The Wild Truth it finally depicted the truth behind what really lead Chris into his utter