Friday, January 3, 2020

Alternative Lifestyles in Krakauers Into the Wild and...

After reading Krakauer and Thoreau I have learned about an alternative lifestyle that was brought to light by both of these writers. Both of these men write about a life of minimalism and the act of self-reliance. Through Thoreaus writing about his own life in Walden and his essay Civil Disobedience and the story of Chris McCandless told by Krakauer in his book Into the Wild we learn about two similar but at times very different viewpoints on the subject. I would like to compare the two lifestyles and show how different the lifestyle of McCandless was to Thoreau and ultimately prove that the actions of McCandless were careless and eventually led to his death in the wilderness of Alaska. When starting to compare both of the†¦show more content†¦Thoreau was a man that loved nature. Even before he started his experiment he was a man of nature and lived his life aware of all his surroundings. He also was very into politics and the economy. Along with being know for his ti me spent at Walden, he is also know for a night spent in jail during the two years he was in the woods. In real time, the American philosopher and naturalist spent exactly two years, two months and two days (1845-1847) living in relative solitude at Walden Pond on the outskirts of his native Concord, Massachusetts. In between two of these 794 days, Thoreau spent only one night, albeit a historic one, in jail rather then pay taxes which he said supported slavery and unjust war(Conrad 137). He was a very intelligent man that had strong beliefs and did the things he did with strong reasoning and thought. You will find that these characteristics will be the ones that separate him greatly from McCandless. Jon Krakauer tells the life of Chris McCandless in the bestselling book Into the wild. The book documents McCandless life through personal journals and interviews of the many people he came into contact with throughout his travels. His life comes off of one that was carefree, giv ing and lived to the most natural of lives somebody could live. Krakauer does a wonderful job of tugging at the heartstrings of his readers and painting the beautiful picture that is Chris McCandless. I will show that theShow MoreRelatedHenry David Thoreau’s Walden, Jon Krakauer’s Into The Wild, and Werner Herzog’s Grizzly Man2054 Words   |  9 PagesHenry David Thoreau’s Walden, Jon Krakauer’s Into The Wild, and Werner Herzog’s Grizzly Man all tell the stories of a real-life character that makes the decision to venture out into the wilderness on his own. On one hand, Chris McCandless (Into The Wild), Timothy Treadwell (Grizzly Man), and Thoreau are similar in several ways. All three men record some kind of documentation about their journey; McCandless and Thoreau keep journals while Treadwell keeps a video log. Also, all three forced themselves

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