The Individualism of Henry David Thoreau and Chris McCandless

Eleanor Roosevelt once said, "Always remember that you have a right to become a person, but also that you have an obligation to become a person." In this sentence, Eleanor should always use universal human rights to become a person. . Many people who have lived meaningful and enjoyable lives from a long time have one thing in common. That is individualism. Chris McCandless and Thoreau are no exception, but since they all embody individualism, we have motivated generations to do without knowing.

Walden of Henry David Thoreau, The Into Wild of Jon Krakauer, and Grizzly Man of Werner Herzog tells a story about the real character that determines his adventure to the wilderness. On the other hand, Chris McCandless (wild), Timothy Treadwell (Grizzly Man), Thoreau are similar in several respects. All three recorded a specific document of their journey; McCandless and Thoreau saved the journal, while Treadwell saved the video log. In addition, all three people are forced to live only with the minimum necessary.

Henry David Thoreau and Chris McCandless maintained almost the same degree of freedom in previous societies. But they show that they are running away from their respective society and community, seeking psychological freedom, and they believe that this is not a priority for their former community. In explaining his motives behind escape to the forest, Henry David Thoreau claimed that he entered "intentional life" rather than "life is not life" (Solo). He explained that although he "lived" in the former society, he did not experience the benefits of psychological freedom. In addition, Thoreau must not believe that "every day includes people who are older than others, more sacred, and more aurora, including those pursuing ways to crave life and become darker and darker" I assert. ) Like Henry David Thoreau, Chris McCandless is also pursuing psychological freedom.

In addition to the pursuit of detention and physical freedom, Chris McCandless, Don Benito, and transcendents Henry David Thoreau and Ralph Waldo Emerson interfere with their psychological freedom in some way, I was urged to escape from the community. . However, the characters were damaged by their psychological freedom, but they never got completely robbed. Instead, it is tightly restricted and allows the role to look for ways to recover it. "An ordinary human being can born freely in the most important sense, freely in eternity and conscious moment" (Gerdena), so this more abstract freedom is material freedom and Is different. However, even if you elect to escape, you exercise this freedom, so it is impossible to completely eliminate this freedom.