Christopher McCandless: A young person that had a great future waiting for him, but he was tired of society, conflict between his parents, and materialism. Chris had the urge to find who he was in life, he had abandoned everything he had behind to discover it. According to him, the current society and materialism prevents a man to show the true nature. Chris stated “If you want to get more out of life, you must lose your inclination for monotonous security and adopt a helter-skelter style of life
Transcendentalism is a philosophy where personal experience is enhanced by themes of nature and deity while defying society and materialism, rather than political or scientific evidence of logic. Transcendentalist uses nature to educate. Admiring Transcendentalist ideas was a young adventurer named Christopher McCandless, the main character in Jon Krakauer's novel Into the Wild. McCandless ventures throughout North America, following three main Transcendentalist beliefs such as a direct relationship with God
words that come to mind when describing Christopher McCandless. To Jon Krakauer Chris McCandless was rash, but Krakauer insists that McCandless “wasn’t a nutcase, he wasn’t a sociopath, he wasn’t an outcast. McCandless was something else - although precisely what is hard to say. A pilgrim perhaps”(85). The real question still remains unanswered, what precisely was McCandless? Chris McCandless ultimately should be described as a romantic. Chris was a free spirit, he was a counterculture adventurer
non-fiction book “Into the Wild” Christopher McCandless goes out into the wild hoping to escape the past of his abusive father and find solitude in the wilderness. In this book, Chris is portrayed as a believer of idealism and physical endurance. He believed that pursuing our ideals and testing ourselves physically and mentally was a good way to learn more about ourselves. Inspired by his idealistic view, McCandless started his journey across America
from a person just like this. Christopher McCandless just when he graduates from college decided to leave his family with no notification to anyone, just a simple note on his bed that he will go. He leaves his money he just received, his car; all of his belongs and decided to go into a journey in the nature. During McCandless journey Krauker uses a biased narration to develop some specific themes of the story. Although, Krauter is using McCandless to show how people can act and be different
Into the Wild is a film based on a true story about the protagonist named Chris McCandless. The film is directed by Sean Penn and there is also a novel written by John Krakauer. In this study guide, you will learn about who the characters are in the film, the scientific and biological aspects of Chris’ surroundings in Alaska, the reasons for Chris’ death, and the themes portrayed in the film. CHARACTERS • Christopher McCandless: The main character of the film who changed his name to Alexander Supertramp
Christopher McCandless is a man that decided to leave all his prized possession and abandon the world of materialism that he comes from to venture into the wild. Committed to letting go of all connections to his past life, McCandless changes his name to Alexander Supertramp. On his journey, McCandless meets many people that he leaves an impact on. Of those people there is Wayne Westerberg, whom McCandless work for and who becomes the father that McCandless never had. Another person who McCandless keeps
law standards. In Into the Wild, there are multiple scenes that shows McCandless developing his hunting skills. In one scene, it shows how he struggled to hunt an animal. Chris shot the animal multiple times to conserve it for his future meals. After he saved it for later, the flies started to get around it. Eventually, he got frustrated attempting to run the flies off and left it for an eagle and three wolfs. Although, McCandless does not really know how to hunt, he allows his “competitors” or animals