Into the Wild Essay
Into the Wild Essay
“I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and to see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived.” -Henry David Thoreau In Krakauers “ Into the wild,” a young idealist set off on a journey heavily influenced by the literature in his life. With Thoreau, London, and Tolstoy at hand, Chris McCandless sets off on a two year search for himself, inner peace, and happiness. Though for some he seemed naive, ignorant, stupid, Chris was truly on a journey that no common man could grasp without first looking at what guided him.
“Great things are not accomplished by those who yield to trends and fads and popular opinion,” –Jack Kerouac
Christopher Johnson McCandless was a smart young person. He was a person who pushed himself. He looked towards philosophy when he was unsure of himself, and one can easily draw out the lessons he learned from brilliant minds of the past. He easily overlooked the flaws that an individual writer may have struggled with, truly trying to grasp the writing itself. Thoreau speaks of living in the wild in order to find ones self, and all of Chris’s life he seemed to be searching for just that; Self.
“It is the experiences, the great triumphant joy of living to the fullest extent in which real meaning is found. God it’s great to be alive!” –Christopher McCandless
Chris wanted to push himself. He wanted to struggle, and overcome obstacles, even if he had set them out for himself. He preferred scrounging around for food and money, barely living, because that is what made him feel alive. He didn’t want to get tied down, he didn’t want to stay in one place for very long. He wanted to experience life to the fullest, without the luxury that modern man is raised with. Chris wanted to live his life for himself, not for legacy or fame, not for false reasons. He wanted to live a
“I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and to see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived.” -Henry David Thoreau In Krakauers “ Into the wild,” a young idealist set off on a journey heavily influenced by the literature in his life. With Thoreau, London, and Tolstoy at hand, Chris McCandless sets off on a two year search for himself, inner peace, and happiness. Though for some he seemed naive, ignorant, stupid, Chris was truly on a journey that no common man could grasp without first looking at what guided him.
“Great things are not accomplished by those who yield to trends and fads and popular opinion,” –Jack Kerouac
Christopher Johnson McCandless was a smart young person. He was a person who pushed himself. He looked towards philosophy when he was unsure of himself, and one can easily draw out the lessons he learned from brilliant minds of the past. He easily overlooked the flaws that an individual writer may have struggled with, truly trying to grasp the writing itself. Thoreau speaks of living in the wild in order to find ones self, and all of Chris’s life he seemed to be searching for just that; Self.
“It is the experiences, the great triumphant joy of living to the fullest extent in which real meaning is found. God it’s great to be alive!” –Christopher McCandless
Chris wanted to push himself. He wanted to struggle, and overcome obstacles, even if he had set them out for himself. He preferred scrounging around for food and money, barely living, because that is what made him feel alive. He didn’t want to get tied down, he didn’t want to stay in one place for very long. He wanted to experience life to the fullest, without the luxury that modern man is raised with. Chris wanted to live his life for himself, not for legacy or fame, not for false reasons. He wanted to live a