Alaska is covered with snow and ice shields, and also excluded from the large territory in the United States. Its boundless wilderness has attracted countless adventurers’ desire. “Into The Wild” describes a young teen who wanted to give his soul to Alaska.
In 1992, inside an abandoned bus at Alaska, people found a decomposed body. The investigation confirmed that the dead man’s full name Christopher Johnson McCandless, who was born in a wealthy family. After his graduation in 1990, his family lost contact with him. Christopher was longing for a return to natural primitive life, especially in Alaska. He wanted to conquer the Seven Wonders of the wonderful work of nature. So he changed his name, burned his cash, gave up his car and most of his properties and began to pursue his dream. Christopher tried to go beyond the human physical experience. However, due to food shortages, Christopher’s trip to Alaska was the end of his adventure. After this news hit America, the country was shocked. People had all kinds of views. Some admired his courage; some thought that Christopher wasn’t prepared enough, as he went hastily into Alaska alone.
Personally, I support Christopher’s actions and views. Although he died, he accomplished his goals in life – to live alone in the wild for over a month. And as the book said, if he returned to his parent alive, he would be called a hero! In any case, his story will go down in history and will remind people of the desire to return to nature.
But why does a rich kid give up everything to go into the Alaskan wilderness? Some people say that because he felt too good about himself. Some stated that his hatred of society and civilization lead to his wish to get away from it. Later, Christopher’s diary told that he also felt lonely during his trip. He wrote that when he left Alaska, he would get married. I think the reason why Christopher was overconfident was because of his family. His father was a U.S. aerospace engineer.
“Into The Wild” describes not only the desire of human freedom, the dream of the noble spirit of the wild, but also to some extent, the vulnerability of people and exposes the sin of human nature. At the same time, it also brought to us some touching moments and reflections for us to think about.
