Ralph Waldo Emerson brings up the belief that living life the fullest and getting the absolute most out of it is being able to rely and depend on yourself and not conform to what the government and society want you to become. Chris McCandless, later Alexander Supertramp, from when he left his old life and family behind to pursue a life where Chris can be Chris. After seeing his life he is the ideal person to back up Emerson’s belief. Chris McCandless finished studying at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. He graduated with honors and had his whole life ahead of him. He could go on and do anything he wanted, if he wanted to he could end up going to Harvard Law School. He did end up doing something, it just was not what society wanted him to do, instead he decided to go to Alaska and try to live off the land and see how long he could survive when he ventures into the wild. This decision showed that Chris did not care about conforming and doing what others did. …show more content…
He rarely carried money with him because he believed that money is the root of all evil. He trekked out to the Great Plains, up and down the west coast, through deserts in Arizona and Nevada, along with a short stint being in Mexico. While he was in his Datsun sleeping for the night he was parked in a dried up riverbed that is known to have flash floods take place. He just so happened to come on a night that a flash flood did strike. When it ended he couldn’t start the car and ended up abandoning it. He burned his money, took a picture of it, and buried any evidence he could that the Datsun belonged to him. With no car it just made the trip harder for Chris, but it probably just made it that much more enjoyable since he now had to go by foot. He had some supplies he packed and his wits and intuition with him to help him make the journey. There was no one else who was there to help him, he had to rely on himself or die