An Analysis Of Non-Conformists In Into The Wild, By Jon Krakauer

What it takes to feel Alive: The True Values of Non-conformists
If you knew you were to die tomorrow, what would be the chance you wished you had taken? Or the moments you let slip away? Would you be happy? Would you be sad? Or would you die at peace knowing that you lived life to the fullest potential? The biggest regret that people have on their deathbed is that they lived the life expected of them instead of a life true to themselves. We need to fulfill the journey this life grants us without being close to the end of life and regretting not doing the things that we should’ve or could’ve done.
The stand-outs, leaders, and those whom break-away from society make great changes in the world, and become great leaders establishing a different
The main character in this novel, Christopher McCandless, whom just graduated college from Emory University in the summer of 1990, dropped out of sight. He changed his name, sold away his life savings to charity, abandoned his car and almost all of his possessions, burned the cash in his wallet and invented a new life. This life included wandering about in North America in search of experience and identity. Building relationships, traveling the world, finding his true self and taking on life in a whole new found perspective is what Christopher wanted; especially needed. He wanted to live life to the fullest potential and as we can see – he did by venturing off into various places meeting admirable people along the way having a different sense of understanding for the beauty of the world and what it has to offer. Being able to start over and build a new life for one’s self is brave, noble and brilliant. To be able to do this kind of thing is what we need in order to keep ourselves feeling alive. After getting more insight about this novel and the real life story to it all, Christopher McCandless’ sister spoke out not to long ago about her thoughts on why her brother packed up his things and left in regards to the abuse from their father as well as their enabling mother. The anger and frustration seemed to have gotten to Christopher so much that he
After reading an online database titled, “I’m alright thanks’: non-conformist and the media framing of social inclusion” by Collette Snowden, this article represents the facts and knowledge about non- conformists in society in terms of the news/media and the values in which they have portrayed for themselves. A statement in which truly caught my eye and attention from this data base states: “One of the most appealing news values of non-conformity is that it is interesting, and therefore has a high audience appeal. For this reason, stories about mavericks, rebels, whistleblowers, oddballs, lovable rogues, eccentrics--that is, a range of non-conformists--have a high news value.” This statement spoke to me because even from our novel, Into the Wild, Christopher McCandless grabs all of this attention from the world being represented and seen as a symbolical individual because of the way in which he took life into his own hands. These non-conformists grab attention because of the fire that ignites in their hearts and souls. They are the people we need in our lives in order for us to keep going, keep moving forward and never look back with