I am the Wild
Has there ever been a thought in your mind that you just need to escape, or rather you just
need to liberate yourself from whatever situation might protrude the surface? In the book
“Into the Wild” by Jon Krakauer, we find a multitude of situations in which freedom is
exactly what we see Krakauer explain to us as his argument. Three themes that this book
possesses are the possibilities of boredom of society or materialism, the general liberation
or freedom to follow your dream(s), and the sense of rejection or rejection of society. All
of these options that we find surfacing our thoughts and possibly persuading us on a daily
basis to journey into the wild, is the reason we desire to find a break or even to find
ourselves.
As we dig into the first idea or theme of a withdrawal or tire of society, it is necessary to
look at the plethora of aspects or reasons why we might even think of this idea. When
examining the main character, McCandless, in the book it seems only natural to feel dazed
and confused about why he has any reason for his departure into the wild. McCandless was
very well off socioeconomically, financially, and environmentally. Also, McCandless was
incredibly intelligent and has everything going for him in life, such as opportunity at an
explicit collegiate law school, a job off of his schooling, and he basically received an offer
from his parents; they would pay for his entire college career. (20) Albeit there is an
expected job from any such law school with these reasons, there is still the need to
consider the fact of an idea of isolation due to solitude that McCandless forms from
society. Also, the general venturing into the wilderness seems very superfluous to
McCandless, yet the idea of doing so still arises. Reading further into the book we find out
more clues with the help of the myriad of epigraphs, character explanations and recordings
of McCandless’s journey geographically, that he has zealousness for the wilderness, even
though he is incredibly ntive to the risks that come up. There is also the fact that he also
has some family issues that seem to perk up an eyebrow here and there. (121) As a reader,
you can feasibly have one conclusion in which you say that he grew tired of his parents’
attitudes towards him and that they were more immature than he. We have no evidence in
