Others fulminated that he was a reckless idiots, a wacko, a narcissist who perished out of arrogance and stupidity- and was undeserving of the considerable media attention he received (Krakauer 3). He is a later version of what the Hippies attempted when they left middle class society to live off the land. McClandiss said that he hoped to, "fix all that was wrong with my life." When he is found frozen to death in an old bus no one is certain if his death was intentional or a mistake (Smith). A person like Chris McCandless who has everything in the world is still unsatisfied on what is around him.
He didn’t think about those choices in his earlier years when he was robbing people blind. He only thought about it when he was getting old and he knew his day would be coming and even then he was still a hypocrite. He had a choice to make things right when his friend came to him and asked him for more time. But the greediness in him wouldn’t allow him to do it. Tom Walker lived and died with the consequences of his
This ideal displays the apathy for accumulation of material goods. This is best expressed by Henry David Thoreau, “The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it” (Henry David Thoreau). McCandless reflects this ideal when he aggressively reacts to his parents after they offered to buy a new car for him. Also reflected when Chris says “Tramping is too easy with all this money. My days were more exciting when I was penniless and had to forage around my net meal” (Christopher McCandless, Into the wild).
There is nothing he can do about it until Monday, leaving him the whole weekend to contemplate his possibilities. This situation makes his reminisce about his own fathers passing of cancer harder because all he remembers is how much pain he suffered and the guilt that he wasn’t there while he was dying. When he mentions this to his mother her reaction is the most important quote in the film, “It doesn’t matter how he died, your father’s death was not the sum of his life, it doesn’t matter how life ends it matters how it was.” Nick’s life had been carefree, his work as a photographer had enabled him to travel around the world with no responsibilities. This changed when he had come back home to help out his mother and as he mentions, “I hung round cose I was a bit worried about mum, I even brought a place as an investment for the future. I thought I would live in it for awhile before I go back overseas.” This quote lets us know that in truth Nick is really looking for someone to share his life with and offer his him support whilst dealing with his cancer.
Eidson influenced my first impressions of Nat Swanson by persuading me to believe he was a bad and lonely character from the start of the novel. Eidson clearly demonstrates Nat Swanson as a lone ranger, a one-man gang and a loner in this story. At first Eidson reflects on Nat Swanson’s history to reflect his characteristics. Nat Swanson lost his whole family in an incident involving Comanche’s at a young age and was passed around foster homes. He felt abandoned because he also knew himself that he was only taken in by family for his work ethics but not for the caring and love of a child.
Looking at Walter, his drive to live up to and fulfill his father’s dreams, his blind trust seemingly out of desperation, and his delinquent behavior, one could see how it all originates from his fear, fear for the future of his family. Walter Lee Younger had some big shoes to fill. His father, in a sense, sacrificed his life for his family, worked himself to death for twenty years. As Walter said, “That money,” the insurance money, ”was made out of my father’s flesh-”(128). Big Walter’s commitment to his family was so total, the money really was his last gift to the family, the only thing left to them besides the apartment and fading
At one point, when Chlomo was being beaten by Idek, he was ashamed of his father and he didn’t feel any grief for him. When Rabbi Eliahou’s son abondons him, Elie prays to God to never let him abandon his own father like that. Elie says “Rabbi Eliahou’s son had felt that his father was growing weak, he had believed that the end was near and had sought this separation in order to get rid of the burden, to free himself from an encumbrance which could lessen his own chances of survival. I had done well to forget that. And I was glad that Rabbi Eliahou should continue to look for his beloved son.
John Proctor choose to go against the judge s orders for the reputation of his family can be ruin because of his action. This reveals that Proctor is a good man who cares about the good for the people and his family in addition, Proctor dies for what he believes. He believes that his family is before everything. Proctor chooses to die because he decides to give his kids a good reputation so they can
Many believe McCandless was indeed selfish, because McCandless abandoned his family to quench his own selfish thirst. In retrospect McCandless family dynamic was not peaches and cream. McCandless was pushed toward transcendentalism, when the families’ secrets where unveiled. McCandless’ father essentially fathered two families, which drove McCandless to the conclusion, that his life had been one big lie. In retaliation of abuse and deception, McCandless fled to find truth.
The value of life can vary base upon the coconscious thought of one person. For instance, Hamlet values his life in a vengeful way because he discovers his uncle murdered his father, while Lance Armstrong values his life as a gift due to the fact of all the hardships he has been through. As where Amanda Ripley values life in an vengeful way. As Amanda Ripley has experienced, life is nota a guarantee it can be taken at any moment as Ripley’s husband Joseph Hewins was on his trip back to town when a railroad engineer was distracted and took his life. Hewins left behind a wife and three children who financially struggle even before his death.