Into The Wild

         

   Passion is something that can make your direction clearer, and your life easier. You will be happy waking up every morning with your passion. Passion can be something really small, or even meet disagreement with others, but it just something that exists to please you. Everybody should have the same right to pursue his or her passion, but in fact, privilege will still play a big role in the society. The minority groups who live in disadvantage don’t have the same right as the privileged to keep their passion. The book Into The Wild by Jon Krakauer is about the true story of young Christopher McCandless’ journey to pursue of his passion. Christopher is a very intelligent man who grew up in an upper middle class family. His well to do background didn’t make up for the negative impact of his parents constant fights. Adventure, into the wild are Chris’ passion, right after he graduated from Emory University, he donated all his savings and then disappear. His family never heard from him until his death news came. 

                                                                  Privilege

            Chris received many help during his journey, many 

people think he is a good gentleman in general and very hard working. The friendly strangers often offered Chris food, places to sleep and jobs. However, I do agree that Chris’ skin color has taken a lot of advantages for his trip. He will not make half way to Alaska if he is black, this is the privileged that he born with. Also, another born with privilege is family wealth. As Chris coming of age in an upper middle class, he had very good education, and with scholarship from school that many school cannot offer. He doesn’t need to worry about basic needs for living, his parents will get everything he wants and he can concentrate on his studies. Both skin and family wealth privileges build Chris, he is not afraid of troubles that will come after his skin color, or the desire of wealth didn’t shake his resolve to follow his passion. 

Passion

            No doubt, Chris’s passion of into the wild has driven him to flee home and started his journey to lives with the beautiful nature. His passion has affected many of the people he met in his journey, even though he never tell them the truth of himself and about his family. At the 100th day in Alaska, Chris couldn’t make his way out of Alaska. His death had shocked the people he met in his journey, and putted his family in extremely grief. Even though the author Jon Krakauer stated Chris is die for starvation and the poison potato plants. There are some people holding a different idea since Chris had sent all his friends the last good bye letters before he entered Alaska, seems like he knew and he had plan to stay in Alaska forever. But, the true answer, only Chris know. Maybe he can find himself a whole after staying in his favorite place forever with his passion.