Analysis Of A Transcendental Lifestyle In Into The Wild, By Jon Krakauer

I believe Chris lived his transcendental lifestyle, in the fullest of his ability. Showing signs at a young age about the negativity of authority, reading books from past heroes, finding himself in isolated locations, are all points that lead up to Chris becoming a transcendental hero. In the book Into The Wild, by Jon Krakauer, Chris gets inspired by a famous novelist named Alexander Supertramp, who talks about living and being a transcendentalist in various undisclosed areas. Some say Chris can be reckless, and disobedient at times, but really being a transcendentalist requires taking risks for the greater good. Being a transcendentalist means being intuitive, having a spiritual thinking instead of scientific thinking based on material things.
He did not want to cause them agony, as he wanted the best for them, but he sees life different that how a normal human being sees it. When Chris obtained his license he drove around a shaggy, yellow old car, which chris surprisingly admired. His father, which at the time was proud of his son’s graduation, offered to buy him a brand new car. Chris, in a low key respectfully manner declined it, and went on a rant about how his car was just fine, and you shouldn't be doing this. “Chris had only recently upbraided Walt and Billie for expressing their desire to buy him a new car as a graduation present and offering to pay for law school if there wasn’t enough money left in his college fund to cover it. He already had a perfectly good car, he insisted: a beloved 1982 Datsun B210, slightly Having the thought that Walt had a secret family, behind his real wife's back was upsetting. Chris became stronger from this point forward. He did not want to become the man Walt was. Chris wanted to be different, have a new way of life that did not involve any extra possessions. Going forward to when Chris was about to start his Alaskan journey, he prepared for months prior to this. After leaving his family for good, he was not a wander but a worker. He gained knowledge from different places where he worked at, that gave him the skills to endure such a task later on. “here. I have been
Walking into the desert with little to nothing, living on the verge to starvation with only 10 pounds of rice, was not the smartest move. “For that entire period he subsisted on nothing but five pounds of rice and what marine life he could pull from the sea, an experience that would later convince him he could survive on similarly meager rations in the Alaska bush” (Krakauer 26). Having that said, when Chris entered the shallow depths of the Alaskan wilderness, it seemed he forgot all that happened during his time in Mexico. When he almost died because of not having a map, or even forgetting to bring the right amount of water. Walking into the alaskan burrows with only a few items, not even a map, can be thought out as being extremely reckless. “Chris’s rifle, a pair of binoculars, the fishing rod Ronald Franz had given him, one of the Swiss Army knives Jan Burres had given him, the book of plant lore in which his journal was written, a Minolta camera, and five rolls of film—not much else. The coroner passed some papers across her desk; Sam signed them and passed them back” (Krakauer 90). Rushing his trip, not preparing himself, mentally, and physically, can be seen as reckless stepping foot in the territory. Some might say, he was just running away from his problems in reality. Not facing his family, or even calling them, are