Transcendentalism is a philosophical movement that opposed against modern day society and modern culture, transcendentalist look further than normal people who just settled for what is told to them. Nature is one of the most important aspects, Transcendentalists believe nature is linked to god and soul, God and Soul can be found in the tranquility of nature. Chris McCandless is a kid fresh out of College who had a dysfunctional family and a dreadful childhood the only people he had feelings for were his sister and his dog. Chris never felt comfortable in society or socializing, In general Chris was a kid who couldn 't handle living in modern society and ran away from it all. Chris did not go “into the wild” to find god or go on a spiritual journey he just ran away, But Chris does have some transcendentalists values for example he gave away what was left of the money in his college fund and burnt the rest he did this to try and cut all ties to modern day society, Chris Mccandless is not a modern day transcendentalist.
Chris left to wander the country by himself with just the clothes on his back and some books, During his journey Chris met Mr.Franz an old man who took fond of chris and wanted to help him change his lifestyle but in the end chris changed his life.
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Franz told chris that he needed to change how he is living and find a job Chris said “Mr. Franz, I think careers are a 20th century invention and I don 't want one”. It seems that chris wants to live with no responsibilities or ties to anyone, Chris wants to live in an uncivilized world where no one needs to work to survive just live of the land . Chris is acting childish because you need a job in this world to prosper and survive no one wants to get a job but its something that has to be done its part of life, plus he went to college he has a degree so he should of had no problem finding a good job with a good salary. Chris did not want to grow