Racial Profiling
There are people who believed that society and institutions such as religion and politics corrupted the purity of an individual. Chris McCandless was one of those people who believed that. McCandless was not your everyday human being. He did not believe in the importance of material goods to make him happy. He thought that nature was the only way to finding oneself. He wanted to be one with nature and everything that came with it. McCandless was a strong believer in finding yourself, doing things on your own, being free and not conforming to the social norm. Because of these ideals, Chris McCandless was a devoted modern day transcendentalist.
Chris McCandless did not believe in the importance of having material goods. All he cared about was being one with nature and completely being himself within it. The author, Krakauer writes, “I don’t want to know what time it is,” Alex, declared cheerfully. “I don’t want to know what day it is or where I am. "None of that matters”. This example shows that McCandless did not need the things others need in life to be happy. In a sense he was trying to live like the animals. He did not want a watch to keep track of the time, no calendar to keep track of the days, only the sun and the moon to tell the passage of days. By leaving his watch, map, compass, comb, and money in James Gallien’s truck shows how much he believes in what he is doing and wanting to be one with the nature.
People can only fully count on one person in their life and that person is himself or herself. From a young age, Chris always relied on himself more than others. He believed that in order to be free you have to find and trust yourself. In the movie Into the Wild, McCandless makes it clear that he does not need people in his life to feel important. He says “…but you’re wrong if you think that the joy of life comes principally from human relationships. God’s place is all around us; it is in everything and anything we can experience.” This tells us that
Chris McCandless did not believe in the importance of having material goods. All he cared about was being one with nature and completely being himself within it. The author, Krakauer writes, “I don’t want to know what time it is,” Alex, declared cheerfully. “I don’t want to know what day it is or where I am. "None of that matters”. This example shows that McCandless did not need the things others need in life to be happy. In a sense he was trying to live like the animals. He did not want a watch to keep track of the time, no calendar to keep track of the days, only the sun and the moon to tell the passage of days. By leaving his watch, map, compass, comb, and money in James Gallien’s truck shows how much he believes in what he is doing and wanting to be one with the nature.
People can only fully count on one person in their life and that person is himself or herself. From a young age, Chris always relied on himself more than others. He believed that in order to be free you have to find and trust yourself. In the movie Into the Wild, McCandless makes it clear that he does not need people in his life to feel important. He says “…but you’re wrong if you think that the joy of life comes principally from human relationships. God’s place is all around us; it is in everything and anything we can experience.” This tells us that