Technology In Into The Wild

Living in the 21st century in the Silicon Valley requires a fast-paced lifestyle reliant on technology to carry out daily tasks. Need a GPS? Just ask Google Maps. Need to find the closest burger joint? Ask Siri. It is hard to imagine life being anything different than technology at our fingertips. A day without technology would put most millennials into a coma. It is amazing to think that there are some people who appreciate the absence of technology, and believe that it can lead to the destruction of family, friendships, and life. In the novel Into the Wild by John Krakauer, a young adult named Christopher McCandless loses his identity and belongings as he ventures into the Alaskan Wilderness, to find his true self.
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In McCandless’s high school years, he wrote an essay and received an “F” grade, because he would not write his essay in the style the teacher requested. He wanted to be able to express his ideas freely, and not to adhere to anyone’s standards. McCandless lived his life freely in the Alaskan wilderness; he was able to live by his own standards, where his imagination was the limit: “ But in reality nothing is more dangerous to the adventurous spirit within a man than a secure future… Joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences and hence no greater joy.. for each day to have a new and different sun”. McCandless was able to live every day as a new day where he
He felt as if the life he was living previously was toxic, and wanted to live the life he knew was created for him. He explains,” No longer to be poisoned by civilization he flees and walks alone upon the land to become lost in the wild”. It is evident that he thought that society was “poison” and that the boundless Alaskan wilderness would be his remedy. Living in the wild, he was able to learn life lessons by following his heart and personal intuition: “ That if one advances confidentially in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life in which he imagined, and he will meet with a success unexplained in common hours.” The most important lesson he perhaps learned was that you are going to miss an opportunity if you do not keep your eyes open. His dream of being independent of life’s demands was fulfilled by him keeping his eyes open. As a result he was able to hunt, explore, and challenge himself in the most excruciating