A teenager from Oklahoma went missing inspired by Into The Wild. On April 18,2013, according to the News Paper Abc, a teenager disappeared “ in a remote region of Southwestern Oregon”. Dustin Self, 19 years old, watched The Into Wild movie, and wanted “to see if he could live in the wild”. As unbelievable as this might sound, a teen this movie provoked a teen to experiment in living out in the nature by himself. What was Christopher MacCandless inspiration to go into the wild?Christopher was a stubborn, pioneer, that was trying to show his independence, by going into the wild.
Stubborn is someone who has a certain determination or idea about something.Perfect description for Christopher MacCandless. MacCandless would not give up, he had this type of commitment whit himself of not letting stuff down. As Jon Krakauer stated on page 18 from the book Into The Wild “ Didn’t matter what it was, he’d do it: hard physical labor, mucking rotten grain and dead rats out of the button of the hole jobs where you’d get so dam dirty you couldn’t even tell what you looked like at the end of the day. And he never quit at the middle of something. If he started a job he would finish it.” Being persistent is vital to become a successful individual. Persistency gives you character, it facilitates you to realize your goals, to not quit things even thought they are hard to accomplish. This was MacCandless , he was as persistent as the little birds when they are barely starting to fly, they would not give up until they can fly by their own.This attitude was ,also, Christopher’s independence.
This determination shows that Christopher was headstrong, he would do any job without excuses he would finish it. Christopher was obstinate he made sure to always have the right answer so that he could move on. “Alex got stuck on things. He always had to know the absolute right answer, before he could go on to the next thing”(p.18) stablished Krakauer. Alex/Christopher had a lot of staminas, he always had to have the accurate answer, he had to be 100 percent correct to move on.Being annealed help MacCandless to achiever his goals. Christopher was a stubborn young man, whom would keep on one thing until he gets it right by himself, accepting no help from anyone.He was very independent.
Christopher decided “No longer to be poisoned by civilization he feels, and walks alone upon the land to become lost in the wild” (Krakauer p.163) MacCandless felt he was being release from the society, and he would now be free into the wild.Christopher demonstrated is self-government through allowing himself to be free where, when, and how he wanted to be.When he started his trip, he knew he could die, but he still decided to do what he wanted to. He was tired of obeying rules from the society he wanted to be allow.This shows how independent he was form his family; from the government and from other things that for almost everyone should be important, but they seemed to not have any influence on Christopher.He would ,still, do what he wanted. MacCandless wanted to do everything by his own. One day Christopher told Franz that he was leaving to San Diego, Franz offered MacCandless a ride and money but Christopher rejected him.”I give you money if you need some” “No. You don’t get it. I’m going to San Diego. And I’m leaving on Monday” “ Ok. I’ll drive you there” “Don’t be ridiculous”
“I need to go anyway”( Krakauer p.52)Christopher had this type of creed to not accept anybodies help. This is how he showed that he was reliable on himself not someone else. MacCandless did not let people help him, he would always oppose of being assist. Christopher was an individualistic pioneer.
Christopher liked to meet new people and to explore. MacCandless was migrating North so he would reach the Canadian frontier. He was looking into new places, fro one to another. “From Orick, MacCandless continued North up the coast. He passed through Piston River, Coos Bay, Seal Rock, Manzanita, Astoma; Hoquiam, Humptlips, Queets; Forks, Port Los Angeles, Port Townsend, Seattle”(Jon Krakauer 31). MacCandless was to explore, he would not stop migrating. He would always meet new people, new places, he was a pioneer. Being a frontiersman allowed him to increase is skills on the traveling among the road. He got this idea that if you stay in one place, you are making yourself a slave of a routine, and that you are not taking advantage of the opportunity every day gives you, which is to explore. As Christopher MacCandless said “ Don’t settle down and sit in one place. Mov around, be nomadic, make each day a new horizon” stablished Krakauer in page 57. Christopher was a trailblazer whom has the idea that migrating take him fro just living life to living life to it’s fullest, being free in to the nature.
Christopher MacCandless was an obstinate, trailblazer that tried to show he could take the initiative. Maybe MacCandless was too young and he did not know well what he was doing, but he was a fighter a fighter that would keep up no matter what. Christopher had initiative, obstinance and autonomy to conquer everything he visualized, but not enough to survived into the wild.
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