Chris Mccandless Transcendentalism
Who is Chris McCandless?
Have you ever wanted to escape from your old life and start a new one? Well Chris McCandless did. Chris McCandless was a transcendentalist (a person that analyzes the process of nature) that wanted to forget about his past . McCandless didn't want to live the same life anymore, he was set out to show his love for nature. McCandless travelled through North America living with harsh necessities and off the land. Throughout McCandless’ adventures of “Into the Wild” he shows how he forgets the past and moves on to be a transcendentalist while he sets out to show his love for nature.
Chris McCandless wanted to start a new life and wanted to be free of his past. Krakauer was explaining how Chris McCandless was trying to start a new life and how he wanted separate himself from his past. McCandless took the new of Alexander Supertramp to truly erase his past (Krakauer 23). By McCandless changing his name goes to show how he really didn't want to live the same life any …show more content…
Chris was set out to show his love for nature. While in the wild McCandless was telling us “Tramping is too easy with all this money. [His] days were more exciting when [he] was penniless and had to forage around for my [his] next meal” (Krakauer 33). While McCandless scavenges for food he has to know how nature works in order to eat the food; also, showing his love for nature by knowing how nature processes. McCandless rather find essensuals out in the wild to survive instead of everything to be given to him.
Generally speaking, Chris McCandless was an independent man that had set off to adventure into the wild to pursue his passion for nature. McCandless was identified by Alexander Supertram; in other words, his new name. Chris was also a transcendentalist, he loved to analyze nature and see the process of how it works. McCandless was set out to to forget his past and think of nothing but
Have you ever wanted to escape from your old life and start a new one? Well Chris McCandless did. Chris McCandless was a transcendentalist (a person that analyzes the process of nature) that wanted to forget about his past . McCandless didn't want to live the same life anymore, he was set out to show his love for nature. McCandless travelled through North America living with harsh necessities and off the land. Throughout McCandless’ adventures of “Into the Wild” he shows how he forgets the past and moves on to be a transcendentalist while he sets out to show his love for nature.
Chris McCandless wanted to start a new life and wanted to be free of his past. Krakauer was explaining how Chris McCandless was trying to start a new life and how he wanted separate himself from his past. McCandless took the new of Alexander Supertramp to truly erase his past (Krakauer 23). By McCandless changing his name goes to show how he really didn't want to live the same life any …show more content…
Chris was set out to show his love for nature. While in the wild McCandless was telling us “Tramping is too easy with all this money. [His] days were more exciting when [he] was penniless and had to forage around for my [his] next meal” (Krakauer 33). While McCandless scavenges for food he has to know how nature works in order to eat the food; also, showing his love for nature by knowing how nature processes. McCandless rather find essensuals out in the wild to survive instead of everything to be given to him.
Generally speaking, Chris McCandless was an independent man that had set off to adventure into the wild to pursue his passion for nature. McCandless was identified by Alexander Supertram; in other words, his new name. Chris was also a transcendentalist, he loved to analyze nature and see the process of how it works. McCandless was set out to to forget his past and think of nothing but