Comparing Emerson, Thoreau, Krakauer, And

The themes between the writing of Emerson, Thoreau, Krakauer, and Donovan all correspond to each other. Although, all authors are diverse, they all share the same ideas. In this essay I will discuss the similarities and beliefs they all correlate. One major idea they share is self-reliance. In all works, they discuss the fact of controlling themselves and not relying on the government. Michael Donovan says “It’s all on me…. therefore falls-onto-me,” indicating his viewpoint that he is the only one who decides on his doings, not the government. Emerson also has a writing called Self-Reliance that discusses his conviction regarding the government. Krakauer narrates that McCandless does not follow the law, but follows the writing of Thoreau. “McCandless could endeavor to explain that he answered to statues of a higher order—that as a latter-essay “On the Duty of Civil Disobedience” and thus considered it his moral responsibility to flout the laws of the state.” In Thoreau’s writing in Civil Disobedience, he states the motto, “That government is best which governs
In “It’s All-On-Me” by Michael Donovan he states, “Looks like it’s time to up and start mounting a game-plan attack.” The reader can infer that he is creating a plan to maybe change something in a way that may follow through. Thoreau explains the reason he wrote, Civil Disobedience, is because he wanted to urge people to resist governmental policies with which they disagree. Emerson’s work in Self-Reliance discusses how society has the power to disagree with the government, all they need is a plan. Emerson is also trying to urge the audience into doing something about it. Krakauer’s main character, Chris McCandless is an example of just how you get with rolling with your own flow. McCandless did not follow the government and grew an intelligence other people did not understand. This is another idea all four authors related