The Wild

It is no secret that the idea of wilderness grips every American citizen. Some authors including, William Cronon, have gone to great lengths to explain American infatuation with the wild. Cronon in his article The Trouble with Wilderness, Or Getting Back to the Wrong Nature, presents the sublime nature of wilderness as one of the reasons Americans imagine nature. I believe both I, Krakauer and Chris McCandless disagree with William’s Cronon’s assessment of the American psyche. Rather than seeing…

man. Living the wilderness on his own in a self-written biography about his journeys. The movie, Into the wild, is Christopher’s story of his sudden feel of the need to escape from his every day life and unhappiness, and his parents for the ease of pain suffering what to see what it feels like to live off the land and to be free. Both men set off for a journey to conquer the world of the wild and Mother Nature, but they both have extremely different stories. Pete left from his comfort zone of…

Chris Mcandless was a stubborn, bright, and young man, who got upset when he discovered his parents had been lying to him and his siblings throughout their entire lifes. With nothing left to turn to, Chris ran to the one thing he loved most; nature, which he was inspired by, because of the authors Jack London and Henry David Thoreau. Chris believed he could live in isolation from any kind of relationship,but he could not. He craved to be around people, that's why he befriended people such as…

The novel, Into the Wild, by Jon Krakauer tells the story of a rebellious man, named Christopher McCandless, who lived a very abstract life. After graduating high school Chris developed ideas of philosophy from authors, Thoreau and Jack London. Like most Americans Chris had a dream of finding the true meaning of himself and happiness by abandoning society. Chris established philosophic beliefs from the authors’ work he read. Chris is a young man who was a genius to the point he had been accepted…

Although Henry David Thoreau and Christopher McCandless lived in drastically different periods of time, both men shared similar beliefs about the world and its path to fulfillment. Thoreau and McCandless believed that nature was the remedy for a soul, and spent much time in nature embracing its beauty. While Thoreau lived by Walden Pond in a cabin with much comfort and the tools needed to survive, McCandless journeyed place to place carelessly with little supplies throughout his trip to the…

who wanted more from life than society gave him. He was an idealist who did what he always wanted to do, made mistakes and rejected personal relationships. Some may say Chris McCandless was simply suicidal, or just plain stupid. The book “Into The Wild” by Jon Krakauer has a passage on 198 that states “Many Alaskans have wondered why McCandless didn’t start a forest fire at this point, as a distress signal.” This may support the theory that McCandless was just suicidal, and he knew he could…

McCandless was raised comfortable in a upper-middle-class and had graduated in june 1990 from Emory University in atlanta. In the article “Death of Innocent,” by John Krakauer and Sean Penn movie “Into the Wild”. Both have just a grown man to escape into civilization into the wild. Well I haven't watched the whole movie or read the whole article yet but by some of what i've read and seen id say to admire him only because hes kind and caring for others when it started with a hitchhiker. He did…

people. Some do agree with this saying while others don't. In the film 'Into the Wild' we saw how Chris McCandless made his own happiness while ignoring how other people feel about him and his decisions. We observed that by going to Alaska he'd receive happiness. Some people throughout the film tried to stop him but nothing changed his mind. Because of this many people criticized Chris for his choice to go into the wild. People such as Shaun Callarman states that Chris McCandless was just plain…

described in just one word. Christopher Johnson is a rebellious, smart, brave, fearless, ambitious, etc. More than anything, Chris was ambitious. He was too ambitious for his own good, burning all of his money and not researching how to survive in the wild. People say he was idiotic and stupid because of the things he has done but I disagree, he fulfilled his dreams and did exactly what he wanted to do all while setting an example for other adventurous people out there. Chris did make some…

This means, if a character really believes that they will achieve an improbable goal, they will as long as they try their hardest and don't give up. This is shown more through "Into The Wild" as Christopher embarks on his adventure with the ultimate goal of venturing to Alaska. On the flip side, in ATPH, there is a stronger connection of nature to the equivalence of beauty and truth. This is shown from the very beginning during the funeral…