Into the Wild- Alone

We talked in class about how going into the wild can be a freeing experience and a potential good one-if you are a professional survivalist that is. For me I would love to experience a life away from the city because it can be overwhelming to have a lot of expectations that I HAVE to live up to. Living in the wild seemed simple. But I know that I wouldn't be able to get rid of my old life completely. It is too ingrained into who I am to burn it. Being alone also has its appeal. To only worry about oneself and focus on Self, as Siddhartha would say, could lead me to an enlightenment like I think it did for Chris at the end of the movie. To finally find happiness and to be okay with how your life turned out is something that I believe most of us want to achieve and for Chris, going into wilderness by himself was how he accomplished it. But I don't think that I could be alone for that long. Although I consider myself an introvert, I have spent my entire life surrounded by people, some similar to me and others that are complete opposites. I have learned both directly and indirectly from plenty of people. And running away into a dangerous situation to get away from that seemed to me that Chris was trying to run away from himself. I believe that in the process of running away from the expectations of growing up in modern society and using a false identity and life only made it harder for him to discover himself. By the time that he passed away, I think his enlightenment was finally realizing that a decision that wasn't predetermined by his parents, a decision that he chose on his own. He was able to finally accomplish something that wasn't decided for him, so by the end he felt happy with himself to finally call himself by his right name.