Lao Tzu states“At the center of your being / you have the answer; / you know who you are / and you know what you want" this means that even if someone does not know who they truly are they will eventually figure out who they are. The way that someone can figure out who they truly are is by going through a journey of self discovery. That person would have to remove themselves from everything and everyone they know in order to have a clear path to get wherever they want to go without having something or someone holding them back. In the book "Into The Wild" the main character Chris has to tap out in order to find who he really was. The reason why tapping out was the most essential to Chris' self discovery journey is because Chris had to give up his old identity and become Alexander Supertramp.

The way that Chris was able to find his true self was by …show more content…
He had fled the claustrophobic confines of his family."(pg.55). This shows that Chris had made the decision of tapping out because he didn't want to deal with all the things that society had put out for him. This also shows that his parents were also a reason why he tapped out since they were controlling in his life and he just wanted to be free from them. Some people may argue that Chris simply acculturated since he still talked to people, made new friends, and wrote letters to the friends he made. In the book Into The Wild the author states: "It is true that I miss intelligent companionship, but there are so few with whom I can share the things that mean so much to me that I have learned to contain myself. It is enough that I am surrounded with beauty...”(pg. 61). This shows that the even though Chris was away from everyone he left behind he still had people whom he could share his feelings. This also proves that Chris wasn't alone, that he didn't tap out since he made many new friends whom he felt that he could share new