Mccandless's Journey In Into The Wild By Chris Mccandless

Register to read the introduction… For Example, Leo Tolstoy states “Life is a place of service, and in that service one has to suffer a great deal that is hard to bear, but more often to experience a great deal of joy.” (Leo). Leo is stating that in life you have to suffer a great deal, the suffering leads to a great deal of happiness in life. Chris viewed this as an inspiration, because he had suffered throughout his journey, even though he had a lot of obstacles he did not quit until he finally met his initial point, it is what made him happy. Leo also inspired Chris in many different ways, in which Chris showed in the movie Into the Wild. For Example, “Government is an association of men who do violence to the rest of us.” (Tolstoy). Leo expressed himself by saying that the government just tortures us. This inspired Chris the same way, as shown in the movie, when Chris goes to a government agency to get a rowing license instead of getting it right away, it would take him week in order to get it. He did not want to waste a lot of time so he went on to the Colorado River without a license. The action showed that Chris also did not like the government. Inspiration from his hero a major part of why he had went on to the journey to the …show more content…
Although he knew wild was full of dangers, he wanted to accomplish self-definition, all he needed was inspiration. He got his inspiration from literary heroes, in which he mostly looked up to Leo Tolstoy. Chris appreciated Tolstoy because he was more like him. They were alike because growing up they had the same type of family because they were both born into a loyal house. They were provided with everything. Chris was unhappy when everything was provided for him which led to his journey into the wild. He knew that in the wild he had to provide for himself. While he went on the journey, he needed inspiration, so that he could achieve his self-definition. He looked up to Leo as an inspiration also, because he had writing in which was about self-definition. The inspiration from Leo made the journey for Chris lasting. Leo’s great inspiration for Chris made him go further and further, without his help, would he have gotten happiness, we do not know. All we know is that he had died