https://padlet.com/torreses/bnlxz8yno57e The 10 posts discussing evidence of Transcendentalism in the novel, Into the Wild en-us 2017-11-15 12:54:58 UTC 2025-10-14 16:52:40 UTC hello@padlet.com torreses https://padlet.com/torreses/bnlxz8yno57e/wish/207159657 "If this adventure proves fatal and you don't ever here from me again, I want you to know you're  a great man. I now walk into the wild." 

The phrase "I now walk into the wild," gives away the connection to transcendentalism. Chris relied on survival tactics and abandoned his legal job after Wayne gets arrested. - pg. 3 ]]> 2017-11-15 13:06:24 UTC https://padlet.com/torreses/bnlxz8yno57e/wish/207159657 torreses https://padlet.com/torreses/bnlxz8yno57e/wish/207162460 " Hell no. How I feed myself is none of the government's business. F*ck their stupid rules."  - pg. 6

The way that Chris just denies the government and rejects their involvement in his business of not having a hunting license is a core example of transcendentalism. These type of people opposed the government and denied their rules, like Chris has done. - pg. ]]> 2017-11-15 13:14:10 UTC https://padlet.com/torreses/bnlxz8yno57e/wish/207162460 torreses https://padlet.com/torreses/bnlxz8yno57e/wish/207165978 "I don't want to know what time it is. I don't want to know what day it is or where I am. None of that matters." - pg. 7

Chris is willing to give away his watch and money. Stating that he does not care about what time it is because none of that stuff matters. He wants to travel and survive himself relying on key transcendentalism features, nature and man. - pg. ]]> 2017-11-15 13:23:20 UTC https://padlet.com/torreses/bnlxz8yno57e/wish/207165978 torreses https://padlet.com/torreses/bnlxz8yno57e/wish/207335984 "......hike out here. I am all alone, this is no joke...... I am collecting berries close and shall return this evening."  - pg. 12

Chris states that he is all alone hiking and he finds himself searching for natural resources for his own benefit. He now needs supplies and realizes he needs help. ]]> 2017-11-15 17:43:20 UTC https://padlet.com/torreses/bnlxz8yno57e/wish/207335984 torreses https://padlet.com/torreses/bnlxz8yno57e/wish/207340850 "It (footloose) is associated in our minds with escape from history and oppression and law and irksome obligations, with absolute freedom, and the road has always led west." 

Here, Wallace Stegner believes that being footloose, or being able to travel freely, can result to the sensation of liberality from government, as he states freedom from laws and oppression. - pg. 15]]> 2017-11-15 17:51:05 UTC https://padlet.com/torreses/bnlxz8yno57e/wish/207340850 torreses https://padlet.com/torreses/bnlxz8yno57e/wish/207349654 "Sometimes he tried too hard to make sense of the world, to figure out why people were bad to each other so often." - pg. 18 

Westerberg claims that Alex (Chris) was a hard working employee for him, but questioned the treatment of others' to each other. No one would think about this but Alex because he most likely wanted man and man to treat each other with respect.]]> 2017-11-15 18:05:51 UTC https://padlet.com/torreses/bnlxz8yno57e/wish/207349654 torreses https://padlet.com/torreses/bnlxz8yno57e/wish/207641719 "I've told them a million times that I have the best car in the world, a car that has spanned the continent from Miami to Alaska....... yet they ignore what I say and think I'd actually accept a new car from them..........In the future...they will think they have bought my respect." - pg. 21

Chris explains his love for his yellow Datsun car and shows that he is grateful to have it and no longer needs and other car but that one. He feels somewhat offended when his parents offer him a new car because he loves his current one and would rather stay with it. He shows his favoritism of a simple car.]]> 2017-11-16 13:32:51 UTC https://padlet.com/torreses/bnlxz8yno57e/wish/207641719 torreses https://padlet.com/torreses/bnlxz8yno57e/wish/207645862 "No longer would he answer to Chris McCandless; he was now Alexander Supertramp, master of his own identity." - pg. 23

The phrase "master of his own identity" is a great example of the transcendentalism connection in this story. Alex (Chris) now takes control of himself and separates from the rest of society by changing his own name  and choosing who to answer to. ]]> 2017-11-16 13:41:52 UTC https://padlet.com/torreses/bnlxz8yno57e/wish/207645862 torreses https://padlet.com/torreses/bnlxz8yno57e/wish/207650002 "He (Alex) took as gospel the essay 'On the the Duty of Civil Obedience' and thus considered it his moral responsibility to flout the laws of the state." - pg. 28

Alex's car has been flooded and shut down after he illegally trespassed beyond limits of the wilderness. If he should go and tell the officials, he'll be arrested for several things, including expired driving needs and trespassing. He decides to literally follow Thoreau's transcendentalist ways and run from the law and break their rules in order to walk away freely, thus abandoning his car. ]]> 2017-11-16 13:49:34 UTC https://padlet.com/torreses/bnlxz8yno57e/wish/207650002 torreses https://padlet.com/torreses/bnlxz8yno57e/wish/207655321 "But this (the camera) is not important. It is the experiences, the memories, the great triumphant joy of living the fullest extent in which real meaning is found. God it's great to be alive! Thank you." - pg. 37 

All 3 core elements that sum up a transcendentalist are present in this  entry. A man's memory is what matters more over a simple camera.  The personal experiences of nature and the environment is also what really matters. God's involvement is also crucial in the topic, where Alex thanks God for the memories and experiences, as all this is what really matters,]]> 2017-11-16 13:58:21 UTC https://padlet.com/torreses/bnlxz8yno57e/wish/207655321