Essays on Chris Mccandless

Imagine if someone you knew had disappeared, seemingly off the face of the Earth, only to be heard from when the remains of their body had appeared and your family was finally informed. Chris McCandless’s story had drawn national attention, followed by lots of unwelcomed…

It’s a frequent judgment that our thoughts make us the way we are, but I believe that we are a lot more than that. Our parents, friends, neighbors, teachers, social interactions, life experiences, and our fears and failures carefully construct who we are. The core…

Pursuing a dream, ideal, or goal is something almost everyone wants to do. If you study mythology, you might discover that some mythic figures have the same concepts such as hubris, hamartia due to pursuing their dream. Depending on the ideal or goal, there may…

Emerson’s Leadership to Death In Emerson’s essay “Self-Reliance”, an essay that Chris McCandless used as a guide for his way of life in the wild, presents the relationship between nature and Manhood; and these beliefs are what led him to his demise. Emerson states that…

Emancipation The Influence of Transcendentalism on Into the Wild’s Chris McCandless Society is founded on monotony and security, and it is nearly impossible for its innocent youth not to be drawn into its façade. As they journey into the world, young adults seek solace in…

The work of Henry David Thoreau’s “Where I Lived and What I Lived For” had a profound influence on Christopher McCandless’s life. After venturing for over two years to find himself and escape his life as he knows it, McCandless was found dead in a…

A transcendentalist ideal presented by Emerson in his essay Nature is his extreme respect and love of nature. Emerson discusses in his essay that “to go into solitude, a man needs to retire as much from his chamber as from society” which stresses that one…

Jon Krakauer’s biography ‘Into The Wild’ examines the true and famous story of Chris McCandless, an incredibly ascetic man that extemporaneously ventured across the American wilderness. Despite being a promising university graduate, McCandless was discovered four months later in an emaciated condition, shrouding his life…