When you think of the word ‘freedom’, what do you think of? I think of a stress free life. We live in the era of modern civilization where we stress out on little things such as tripping on one’s own foot or writing an essay. Sometimes, we need to leave all our stresses behind and leave on a trip where we can breathe calmly. It is ironic that we think about leaving this place, we cannot leave because we are so used to modern civilization. Now, how can we obtain freedom? Where do we get this freedom? After reading William Cronon’s ‘The Trouble with Wilderness’ and watching Sean Penn’s Into The Wild movie, I found Cronon’s discussion of wilderness as an escape from reality is seen through Chris McCandless’s experience with nature to find the
