Blindly Life And Chris Mccandless

[Chris] was a great kid, but he could really make me mad sometimes” (Burres Qt. by Krakauer 46 ). Even after speaking with people along the way, given shelter, food, he was reluctant to take any further offered supplies, thinking he could survive and live with solely his knowledge and wits, ultimately leading to his

“…the hypocrisy of his parents’ lifestyle, the tyranny of their conditional love. Eventually, Chris rebelled and when he finally did it was with characteristic immoderation” (64).

Lastly, Chris Mccandless got to fulfill his dream, live his own life, and now he even got to find his inner self, find out who he truly is. Chris was the kind of person that lived dangerously unlike most people, he was different “It is hardly unusual for a young man to be drawn to a pursuit considered reckless by his elders...Danger has always held a certain allure. McCandless, in his fashion, merely took risk-taking to its logical extreme” (Krakauer, 182). Chris’s true self-was one that was riskful and daring until he could finish the task. Furthermore, he was different from others and throughout his journey, others could see that. In the end that was the kind of person Chris Mccandless was, and this is the person he became after fulfilling his dream and living his own life. In contrast, others did

In the brighter spectrum of Mr. Chris McCandless, is his deep and intellectual personality, shining through on most every occasion with cynical value or an interesting opinion every now and then. In Chris’s deep scholarly thought he decides to give up many things for his own self righteousness in attemp to make himself free of any evil or distraction as well as anything that may hold him down. As a younger boy in high school he proved his good Samaritan self by spending weekends taking to the the streets, spending nights with prostitutes, the homeless, and the addicts, feeding them and experiencing a little of what they felt. As I mentioned before he gave up what he thought would ruin his dreams and soil his life, he rid his life of luxury and wealth along with long-term relationships with people. As one of the things that he had apparently given up was the desire of sex and all of it’s evils, and proclaimed that his need was much to great for something so petty. Truly I believe traveling as a child with his family engineered a mind set within Chris that made him feel as if familiarity was just a weight holding him down from the flight toward his dreams. He also thought that being lost in such a superficial and trivial society could help no one

Throughout his childhood, Chris McCandless mindlessly kept the image that he parents portray of him. He was always a good student maintaining A average grades, just like his parents wanted. After excelling in high school, he continues to impress his family with his success in being accepted into college, and later on graduating. Despite his inability to break free from his parent’s extreme ideals, inside he is struggling to be his own person, and escape from the conforming lifestyle he was born into. McCandless comes from a very materialistic family, while he, as an individual is the furthest from it. Chris is strongly against the society and the lifestyle he grew up in. Growing up in his family, who constantly puts him under pressure to meet

Unable to reach someone else’s goals, they need to strive for their own goals. Swimming against the stream, Thoreau isolated himself from society, simplified his life, and discovered

     Chris McCandless to me was a very intelligent but stubborn man. He didn’t care about how his family felt. All along his quest to the stampede trail Chris was kind to strangers and others but neglected the fact that his family back home worried about him. In the end Chris became at one with nature but realized that his surroundings (meaning family

In that same realm, Thoreau keeps a distance with the reader and speaks with a 'holier than thou' air. He is consumed with his experiences and idolizes himself because he allows no respect for the rest of society. He treats himself as royalty in that no other individual could compare to his triumphs. "Actually, the laboring man has not leisure for a true integrity day by day; he cannot afford to sustain the manliest relations to men; his labor would be depreciated in the market. He has no time to be any thing but a machine." (p. 1809) He is denouncing the average working man and offending the majority of humanity.

Throughout the book Christopher is harassed and corrected constantly by not only his own father but his classmates and neighbors although Christopher doesn’t understand emotion and sometimes has no filter this doesn’t limit his ability to thrive in other aspects of life. Christopher is looked upon differently simply because he is different, he knows that he is different and accepts it, Christopher's individuality leads him to being alone often in his free time. While most people are always connecting with other people christopher was reading or studying math and also trying to find who killed the dog, throughout the book you see examples of christopher's deep thought process and the reason he has this thought process is because of his isolation from people around him. Christopher may be simple minded in some aspects of social norms but when it comes too thought and deep comprehension he understands things at a higher level and this is because of his

Throughout his life, Chris McCandless shows multiple examples of transcendental actions. McCandless does what he wants and does not care what people think about him. Chris McCandless would set up tents and live away from society because it was where he was happiest. As a child, McCandless did not like playing with other children. He preferred to be alone and entertain himself. Chris McCandless did not like to wear socks; he felt confined in them. He demonstrated Transcendentalism through reduce dependence on property, self-reliance, and nonconformity.

Thoreau left society and went into the woods because he wanted to live life to the fullest and learn what life had to teach him, while Chris wanted to leave his problems at home. Thoreau was living in solitude in the woods. He liked living in solitude because he didn’t have to change his way of life to make others happy. He was also able to do his own work and did not have to worry about other people. Thoreau was not lonely in the woods because he was connected to nature like a flower is. He wanted to learn everything that the world had to offer by living with simplicity and focusing on his “needs” instead of his “wants”. We know this because Thoreau said, “Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity!” Thoreau went towards solitude and fully

With his situation in his household, moving was a way of running. Another reason that he was never stay in the same place was that he hated building strong relationships with anyone. This was especially apparent with Ron Frantz. Once Frantz wanted to adopt him, he had to get away because he was turning into more of an acquaintance or a friend, but more of a family member. Again this happened when he was working with crazy Ernie. Around the time they got to know him and got closer than just workers, he left them just as fast as he came to work with them. Even when Chris was living with his own family he would leave them when they got too close. Chris had always had a bad family situation and once they started to finally get sort of close again he just left. The final reason he would leave places was because he needed a constant supply of high risl situations. Chris loved his lifestyle because of the constant rush that it gave him from train hopping to crossing the american mexican border with ease. It distracted him and made him feel alive, almost like an addiction. Unlike thoreau, it was the only way he wanted to live.

In 1990 Chris graduated from Emory University with a 3.7 GPA and had a degree in anthropology. He was and honors student at Emory University (Krakauer 20). This relates to his identity because Chris believes that education was key for him as a child and it is an important part in your life journey to receive a degree. However, some might say that Chris did not use his degree at all and is not wise for making that decision instead of getting a job based on his degree. Chris takes many adventures when he is on his journey such as when he goes kayaking in Mexico. Chris loves the outdoors and thought his bond with nature was strong (Krakauer 32-35). His adventures contribute to his identity because he believes that he should be at peace with nature and be able to live in the outdoors. However, some might say that he is a hypocrite because while in Alaska he killed a Moose (Krakauer 166). When Chris leaves his family he wants to go into Alaska and live a life of his own. All of his other stops are part of his journey as well. He goes into Mexico, The Detrital Wash, and he goes to Carthage (Krakauer 32, 62, 28-29). All of these actions contribute to his belief in independence. Chris believes that he should be able to live life how he wants and values his independence greatly throughout the book. Chris McCandless constructs identity along his journey through his values and

Chris makes sure his son gets sleep and gets to eat. When he eats at the restaurants, his son is the only one eating. He wants to keep him happy, so he took him to a football game and got him a basketball. This shows that Chris cares for his son and he wants to keep him happy. This also shows that Chris wants to keep his son safe. Chris was able to take care of his son and to make him happy. Chris wanted him to have a better experience in life. Through perseverance, Chris achieves his goals by taking care of his son.

Thoreau galvanizes his reader into living self-dependently and being their own individual. A few ways of living with Thoreau’s virtues are to dabble with your life, and live without