The Search For Freedom in Jon Krakauer's Into the Wild

In the book Into the Wild, Jon Krakauer explains how Chris was an individual who didn’t have a liking for materialistic things. He was a person who was in it more for the experience and not for the materials he gained from doing things. He wanted to “have an endlessly changing horizon” as he said in his letter to Ron Franz. He thought it would be good to go out and escape the restraints of society and civilization to truly value what life was giving him and what everything else was taking away from him. Many believed that the only reason that Chris wandered off into the wilderness of Alaska was because he was tired of society holding him back and wanted to experience the greatness the world had to offer.

In Jon Krakauer's novel Into the Wild, the main character, Chris McCandless, seeks nature so that he can find a sense of belonging and the true meaning of who he is. However, it is the essence of nature that eventually takes his life away from him. At the end of his life, he is discovers his purpose and need of other people. After Chris McCandless death in Alaska, Krakauer wrote Into the Wild to reflect on the journey that McCandless makes. Krakauer protrays McCandless as a young man who is reckless, selfish, and arrogant, but at the same time, intelligent, determined, independent, and charismatic. Along with the irony that occurs in nature, these characteristics are the several factors that contribute to McCandless death.

Chris McCandless was just a victim of his own obsession. The novel "Into The Wild" written by John Krakauer revealed the life of a young bright man named Chris McCandless who turned up dead in Alaska in summer 1992. In the novel, John Krakauer approached carefully McCandless's life without putting too much authorial judgment to the readers. Although Chris McCandless remained an elusive figure throughout the novel, I can see Chris McCandless as a dreamy young idealist who tries to follow his dream but failed because of his innocent mistake which prove to be fatal and irreversible. Still, Chris McCandless's courage and passion was something that we should all be proud of.

I wanted excitement and danger and the chance to sacrifice myself for my life. I felt in myself a superabundance of energy which found no outlet in our quiet life” (15). At first McCandless had used this quote to help free himself from his family and believed the outlet and excitement he was

McCandless was trapped in a society that created an illusion of his own fake happiness while he was looking to discover himself. He possessed a desperate need to find the true meaning that only he could answer. McCandless quotes “I'm going to paraphrase Thoreau here... rather than love, than money, than faith, than fame, than fairness... give me

Throughout his novel Into the Wild, Jon Krakauer’s own perspectives shape the way he tells the story of Chris McCandless. Krakauer’s writing style allows for varying interpretations of the primary motivations of his protagonist, ranging from sympathizing with Chris to perceiving him as selfish. This is especially evident when Krakauer describes an interview with Walt McCandless about his son’s death seven weeks after Chris’ body was found. However, various interpretations of Krakauer’s work can lead to differing points of view on the subject. While Krakauer’s description of Walt’s emotional reaction to his son’s death could indicate Chris’ selfishness in abandoning his family, it could also serve to justify Chris’ decision to embark on his journey into the Alaskan wilderness.

3. Krakauer argues in Chapter 14 that McCandless’s death was unplanned and was a terrible accident (134). Does the book so far support that position? Do you agree with Krakauer? Why or why not?

There is never a quote or story that embodies a person completely. However, when it comes to Chris McCandless, John Haines’ quote comes close to capturing his story. Haines writes how nature was always apart of him and the more he learned about it the more he yearned for the outdoors. He wrote about wanting to take a path into the unknown and not look back. Haines ended his passage with, “Let the rest of mankind find me if it could.” One cannot help but think about Chris McCandless when reading Haines’ words. Chris too, had a longing for adventure since adolescence, his views on the world got more extreme the more he learned, and he never looked back even when people were looking for him.

Freedom and Nature. These are both things Chris McCandless longed to dwell in. He took his steps into becoming everying thing he had hoped. But were his dreams and aspirations worth the ‘’Betrayal” of everyone who had ever cared about him? Do we owe our families anything in the first place? By looking at McCandless’s actions and reasonings we can see that he is justified solely on his passion and courage. People would like to say that he was irresponsible, ignorant and careless in his actions. However, all he wanted was complete freedom. He didn’t have to be sorry for anyone just because he was letting his heart guide the way.

McCandless lead a mostly enjoyable life; he was born into a considerably rich and high end family, and received outstanding grades through his years in school. He was well liked, and built up a motivated and optimistic persona, yet despite this, he decided to abandon his life and reach for “an endlessly changing horizon”(57). His life, while possibly seen as luxury by

Each human is significantly different from the others in every aspect. The world outside of us operates on various different perspectives. The social beings that we are, it seems only acceptable that we understand those perspectives for better connections with not only others but also have a better understanding of ourselves. Jon Krakauer had a reason for which he pursued the life story of Chris McCandless. He also had a distinct purpose for sharing all his discoveries with the rest of the world. He wanted to the world this kid who decided that he would only do what he wants to do, which led him to Alaska, and ultimately his death. All through the glorified ‘story’ of Chris McCandless’s brave and strong-minded

Opposing the lifestyle of Chris’s parents, he felt inferior to money and wealth. As Chris grew older, the more skeptical he became of his life. McCandless’s father became domestically violent and his mother, nonetheless, became emotionally indeterminate. Chris didn’t want to be involved with his overbearing, materialistic parents, much less accept that his father was living a faux life. As an escape, McCandless grew naturally with an infatuation of the wilderness. That being said, he loved what he saw and he felt as though sequestering himself from what was obviously given to us to discover was unacceptable. He gave up everything he had only to venture out into the wilderness to find a “better him,” which is a challenging thing

McCandless despised how dependant society is to materialism and wanted to stay away from it. And so, he got rid of his money by donating the majority of it to charity and burning the remainder, left his car and the majority of his possessions, and set foot on a tough adventure of survival with the destiny of Alaska’s wilderness, leaving his

Why do people want to overcome authority?People will take alot risk to live life the way they want. Like family,friends,and there own freedom trying to escape and live life the way they want. That is what people will do to overcome authority. Here is one way people overcome authority by escaping it. Like Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer when he wrote about chris and how he wanted to live and how in Williams story a Rose for Emily Emily leaves society in a way so she is there just not involved like stays home and does not pay taxes.

In the book Into the Wild written by John Krakauer, Chris McCandless plans to abandon his life and live off the land, traveling from South Dakota all the way to Las Vegas and many other remote locations in the U.S. There was something inside of Chris that drew him into the wilderness. In May of 1990, Chris took off, abandoning everything and everyone and set off into the wild, where he had big plans for his next two years. In the summer of 1992, Chris McCandless turned up dead in Alaska. A series of unfortunate events led to his death. Even though things didn’t turn out how Chris planned, he achieved everything he wanted. Ever since he was young, he had a passion that could only be attained by leaving everything behind and living off of