Henry David Thoreau's Beliefs Of Chris Mccandless And His Dream

1992, when Chris McCandless abandoned modern society and fled to Alaska to find himself and, in the long run, lose his life, Americans from all over saw his death as a tragic downfall, and his story as a relatable and moving tale of a young man simply trying to make a difference. On the other hand, others looked at his journey to be an inevitable suicide-trip, considering his lack of supplies and overall experience. However, despite the fact that he was unprepared, McCandless, because of his ideas and

uncertainties in our life. Characters Chris McCandless from Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer and Henry David Thoreau author of Where I Lived and What I Lived for escape into the wilderness to be liberated from the irrelevant and humdrum events taking place in their lives. Although both characters are similar in countless aspects, they are specifically similar through their beliefs of idealism and transcendentalism. Even though the two share common similarities, McCandless and Thoreau possess multiple distinct

Krakauer, the author shares his understanding and kinship with the main character, Chris McCandless, a young man who thrusts himself into a life of solitude and a harsh environment during his search for meaning to his life. Krakauer depicts himself and McCandless as modern day transcendentalists with an abundance of competency, resourcefulness and skills as naturalists. Although McCandless chose to experience a life of solitude and face the hazards that nature presents, his lack of preparedness prevented

follow and apply to everyday life. Chris McCandless, from the movie Into the Wild, goes on a long journey after college attempting to live freely by the principles of Transcendentalist philosophers such as Emerson and Thoreau. Chris attempts to live happily, but what matters is whether or not Chris believes that his life was successful at the time of his death. He tries to find happiness within himself and discover truths in the world and in his own life. Chris McCandless does follow the ideas of Emerson

act of self-reliance. Through Thoreau's writing about his own life in Walden and his essay "Civil Disobedience" and the story of Chris McCandless told by Krakauer in his book Into the Wild we learn about two similar but at times very different viewpoints on the subject. I would like to compare the two lifestyles and show how different the lifestyle of McCandless was to Thoreau and ultimately prove that the actions of McCandless were careless and eventually led to his death in the wilderness of Alaska