Essays on Into The Wild

Christopher McCandless’ life had a very transcendental twist to it. He believed in losing oneself and forsaking society in order to find happiness and peace. For this reason he left the company of people and traveled into Alaska, where he would be completely alone and...

It’s easy to argue that Chris McCandless is to blame for his own death. On another note, how could death be easy to explain at all? Many Alaskans refuse to talk about Chris’s death because “it was his own damn fault”, and they also refuse...

Transcendentalism reflects on one’s connection with nature and their view that society corrupts people and that people should live as simply as possible. Both Krakauer and McCandless represent this view of the world very well. Krakauer and McCandless are both prime examples of transcendentalist thought...