Into The Wild Response

Henry David Thoreau once said, “rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth. I sat at a table where were rich food and wine in abundance, and obsequious attendance, but sincerity and truth were not; and I went away hungry from the inhospitable board. The hospitality was as cold as ice.” Wealth, fame, and love doesn’t give real happiness; one should choose truth to get peace in life. In the book Into The Wild, author John Krakauer tells the story about Chris McCandless, who chose truth instead of leisure. Despite a series of poor decisions which ultimately led to his death, Chris McCandless strove to live to a higher principle, embracing transcendental ideology and living the words of Henry David Thoreau. Throught the way he rejected
He said, “tramping is too easy with all this money. My days were more exciting when I was penniless and had to forage around for my next meal…” Chris didn’t want any wealth, he wanted his life to be exciting and adventurous without using any money.
Into The Wild author John Krakauer once said, “a challenge in which a successful outcome is assured isn’t a challenge at all.” Chris also believed in same thing, he didn’t want to do things that he knew he is going to successful in. He wanted to challenge himself by going to Alaska and living there alone in the wilderness.
Chris loved nature, so he left his family, to find some peace. Krakauer wrote in his book Into the Wild that, “you are wrong if you think joy comes from emanates only or principally from human relationships. God had placed it all around us. It is in everything and anything we might experience. We just have to have the courage to turn against our habitual lifestyle and engage in unconventional living.” McCandless believed in same thing, his real happiness was in nature. He didn’t live with his family or the people who he prefered to be