What Is Chris Mccandless Journey In Into The Wild

Into the Wild Essay The book Into the Wild describes the life of Chris McCandless and his journey in the wild to reach Alaska. After graduating college Chris McCandless had decided to abandon his life and venture out in the wilderness with a new identity and a place in mind. His motives to go out in the wild had to be influenced by things going on in his life. The influences he faced had inspired and motivated him to go out and form a new life away from his old one. Although some say that Chris McCandless was a risk taker and went into the wilderness to explore, the real reason why Chris left was because of family and literary influences. The first reason Chris McCandless was influenced to go into the wild was family problems. When Chris became older he started to distance himself from his parents and had stopped communicating with them. In a letter to his sister Carine, Chris had written “I’m going to …show more content…
One of the sentences Chris had highlighted said “And then the two basic ideals of modern man-without them he is unthinkable-the idea of free personality and the idea of life as a sacrifice” (Krakauer 187). Chris had felt free living in the wild he did not have to worry about being bothered by people. Both Tolstoy and Pasternak had influenced him by their writings about enjoying the outdoors and away from an average life. An excerpt from the story Nature written by Ralph Waldo Emerson relates to Chris McCandless and his adventure in the wild. The story describe what if feels like to be outdoors “There I feel that nothing can befall me in life no disgrace, no calamity, which nature cannot repair” (Emerson 1). Being outside you feel free and nothing can bother you, this relates to Chris because he had highlighted sentences that talked about being outdoors. The sentences Chris highlighted relates with Emerson because they describe being free and enjoying the