As Albert Einstein said ages ago, “Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.” One man looked into the wild and never looked away, a man by the name of Chris McCandless, who decided to follow the dream of walking the Earth, unburdened of stress, society, and most importantly, responsibilities, A modern nomad, he finally reached the height of his dream, the wild of Alaska, living off the land, and in doing so, his death was recorded in the papers only a few months later. Four years downstream, and the fellow dreamer and cragsman, John Krakauer comes out with the book presenting the tale that McCandless wrote for himself on the road to find himself. As the text begins to fill in the holes of McCandless’s story, it …show more content…
Gene goes in depth about his own description of Finny, describing his presence as “a [reminder] of what peace was like...careless and wild...a sign of the life the war was being fought to preserve…” (Knowles 8). Right off the bat, it’s explained that Finny is careless and wild, ignoring the commitments required to take part of full immersion in society. Not only does heThe fact that he reminded others of the strain a free passion puts on the determination and drive of society, means he not only trotted towards his own passion, but dragged other people to do it as well. Finny’s fleeing from his economy and his peers isn’t a heroic crusade for peace, but running from his commitment to the US and Devon