After reading the book into the wild by Jon Krakauer it showed me that Chris was not crazy and the different aspects of the trip. Why would someone so wealthy drop everything to go into the wild, although he did do it for himself, but did hurt everyone around him. He hurt everyone around him by dropping them and not talking to them and leaving them to find out about his death through the ones who found him. In the documentary that his sisters and parents starred in helped out with truth of his…
both show their beliefs through the philosophy of transcendentalism. Throughout Into the Wild, the parallels between Thoreau and Chris, and their ideas for transcendentalism, are almost identical. Transcendentalism’s main belief is finding inner self-wisdom, which both Chris and Thoreau attempt by going into nature. McCandless and Thoreau are both extremely similar and it can be seen throughout Into the Wild and Walden. Transcendentalist’s main belief is finding inner self-wisdom, and…
In Jon Krakauer’s Into The Wild, Christopher McCandless, prior to embarking in his Alaskan Odyssey, writes a letter to his aged friend, Ron Franz, stating his stance on human relationships: “You are wrong if you think Joy emanates only or principally from human relationships … you do not need me or anyone else around to bring this kind of light into your life.” (57) McCandless further explains that the dependence on others to be happy is unnecessary, as one can be perfectly content on his own,…
have not dove deep enough into the personality that is Christopher J McCandless. By no means does this say that McCandless does not have any obvious flaws in his persona or ego, but it should be mentioned that McCandless is the involuntary hero is his life and adventures. McCandless is undeserving of being defaced with such insulting names simply because his outwards appearance presents himself as such. Rather, he should be seen as everyday man seeking to find his truth in this unideal world. To…
“Not until we are lost do we begin to understand ourselves.” Christopher Mccandless's life can be represented throughout this quote. Mccandless’s adventure brings many questions to the surface but conveniently fails to answer many of them. His home life was not perfect, yet it was not horrible. Mccandless was talented with music, and usually kept to himself. He always felt out of place and had different, divergent ideas than everybody else in his family. Chris grew up with a mother and father,…
In Jon Krakauer’s biographical tale into the wild, Chris McCandless struggles to follow a path of transcendental ideals by going off the grid soon after he graduates college. While on his journey, McCandless travels to beautiful landscapes and tries to live in self-sufficiency. However, this journey towards a higher spiritual living eventually leads him to his own demise. Reflecting upon McCandless story, his nomadic traveling was simply a search for balance between the spiritual and modern…
Comparative Essay on “Into The Wild” In Jon Krakauer’s National Bestseller “Into The Wild” he follows the trail of Christopher McCandless, a young man straight out of college, who gives up his savings and belonging to hitchhike across America until his death in the Alaskan wilderness two and a half years after he started his journey. The book was turned into a movie in 2007, as with most books turned into movies and vice versa they were very similar and very different in many ways. I think…
first place tells you a lot. Why didn’t he have an adequate shelter from the beginning? What would he have done if he hadn’t found the bus?” The fact that McCandless could have used a map to help him and not compromise the sense of being out in the wild and trying to live off the land it would have saved his…
due to his parents is why he turned out the way he did, but if he looked closer at what type of people really cared about him then maybe he could have seen that they could have compensated for his parents’ lack of real love. Instead, he turns to a life of…
Growing up as a kid Christopher McCandless had to deal with his cookie cutter family, and how his parents wanted people to see them. In Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer, we see Christopher as he was in different parts of his life. We see him being an outsider feeding the homeless, forcing his way out of an accelerated program and failing physics because of disobeying lab guidelines. He rejected a new car from his parents because he believed it wasn’t a gift that it was just them trying to fix the…