This is no joke, and you do not need to be saved. You preferred anything to an anticlimax and you got what you wanted. At first you are consumed with fear, then acceptance. You will now experience death, the final emotional and physical climax. The book thus acts as an educational tool in that it guides society on the significance of family. The same isolation that you longed for, that brought you happiness and fragility as well as sadness and danger, is a duality. Into the wild is themed on the significance of family, through the relationship of the two characters, the author explains the effectiveness of communication and the need to create understanding. However, you would be joking if you did not think there was a price to pay for the ultimate. You were right you experienced emotional stratification, the ultimate extremes.
You thought you had discovered something new, something that would allow you to experience the ultimate emotions a human body can produce. You have gambled your life and lost, the loneliness you experience is comical, you have ignored human history and tried to embrace the very danger and chaos that modern man sought to escape. The mentality of your new life slowly unravels into a mass of hypocrisy and pointlessness. The moment where defeat is accepted is always difficult, but if defeat means death the pain is unimaginable. In the name of God, please remain to save me (12). In these situations the only fulfillment is death, the only time when the old self is completely gone. We are either satisfied with what we can change, or in a constant state of motion, trying to solve a problem that has no solution. It is impossible to completely change ourselves we will always have the memories, behaviors, and bodies from our previous form. The thoughts and pursuits of modern man are impossible to shake completely. This ideological pursuit, to find a controlled environment where the only variable is oneself, was absurd. You will be very, very glad that you did.' -Christopher McCandless 2.'The very basic core of a mans living spirit is his passion for adventure.' -Christopher McCandless 3.'Happiness is only real when shared. You have to spend time thinking about, questioning, and defining your own existence.īut there was a side to him that was a little bit dreamy, a little bit out of touch with reality (81). 1.'Dont hesitate or allow yourself to make excuses. You cannot redefine yourself if you are hampered by the things that define you. Teach and learn Jack London's The Call of the Wild with ideas from this resource guide, including discussion questions, character analysis, plot summary, genre, themes, historical context.
Ultimate freedom No longer to be poisoned by civilization, he flees, and walks alone upon the land to become Lost in the Wild. From outside these actions are confusing, pointless. The freedom and simple beauty of it is just too good to pass up. They have rejected life and its rules, instead they seek to find rules instead of make them up, learn instead of teach. They seek solitude, a chance to look within. A man who has given away a small fortune, forsaken a loving family, abandoned his car, watch, and map, and burned the last of his money before traipsing off into the wilderness (71).
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