Transcendentalism In John Krauker's Novel 'Into The Wild'

Transcendentalism is a philosophy where people have knowledge about themselves and the world around them. People that practice this philosophy are known as transcendentalist. They accept this ideas as a way of understanding life relationships. John Krauker´s novel, Into the Wild, is about a young man named Christopher Johnson McCandless (also known as Alexander Supertramp). He leaves his family, friends, and education to undertake an adventure throughout North America and up to Alaska, living off the barest of essentials and in most cases, off the land with the purpose of discovering himself. Chris strongly belief in the concept of simplicity brought him to be labeled as a transcendentalist. In the novel Walden, Thoreau states “suck out all