Into The Wild Romanticism

Love for Freedom, Love for Nature

“Only the really young are the fearless, have the optimism, the romanticism to take unimaginable risks”-Olivia Wilde (American actress, producer and activist). The show Klondike was about two friends who moved to a new town, penniless, in hopes to find gold.One of the friends, Bryan, is murdered early on. The story then follows the other friend, Bill, and how he handles his friends death and his confrontations with puritanism and romanticism. This story draws parallels to the book Into The Wild by Jon Krakauer where a young romantic, Chris McCandless, died in Alaska during the winter. Romanticism is incorporated into the show Klondike and Into The Wild by demonstrating goodness in people, goodness in nature and importance of self reliance.
The romantic period. The period in American history when literature was blossoming with creative flow and energy. When we gained a new understanding and appreciation for nature. We would plant the seeds in
In Klondike it is hard to see the goodness in nature when the directors focused do much on the brutality. However, there are some moments, like when Bill and his partner found gold minutes before they had to pay a loan, were we as an audience found a deep appreciation for nature. This relates to the goodness in nature because it was nature that saved them from having to give up their claim. In Into The Wild the lead character Christopher McCandless says that “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... I've decided that I'm going to live this life for some time to come. The freedom and simple beauty of it is just too good to pass up.”(Page 367) Chris found tramping too easy and felt that being penniless would bring him closer to nature. This relates to romanticism because Chris is trying to be closer to nature instead of near