credit: http://www.rottentomatoes.com/I am really hooked with the movie Into the Wild
, watched it twice. Basically it's about Chris McCandless a.k.a Alexander Supertramp, who is not afraid to be different and practice his belief while he's still alive. He hates rules but he's no trouble maker. He comes from a middle class family but he likes to go to the street and talk to pimps, prostitutes, homeless people, hungry people and give them food and advice on how to improve their lives. He believes in pushing oneself beyond reach and get more than one deserves. After college, he chose to leave home, burnt all his money, dumped his yellow Datsun and walk into the wild...
Dik and I went to Harris bookstore in 1Borneo 2 weeks ago and she spotted the book sitting in the non-fiction section. Yes! i bought it cause i know that there are some facts that are not shown in movies. Glad that i did! I'm at the last 2 chapters now. The author Jon Krakauer did an excellent writing. Along the way, i've marked quotes from the book that has its sense to me. Here goes.....
, watched it twice. Basically it's about Chris McCandless a.k.a Alexander Supertramp, who is not afraid to be different and practice his belief while he's still alive. He hates rules but he's no trouble maker. He comes from a middle class family but he likes to go to the street and talk to pimps, prostitutes, homeless people, hungry people and give them food and advice on how to improve their lives. He believes in pushing oneself beyond reach and get more than one deserves. After college, he chose to leave home, burnt all his money, dumped his yellow Datsun and walk into the wild...Dik and I went to Harris bookstore in 1Borneo 2 weeks ago and she spotted the book sitting in the non-fiction section. Yes! i bought it cause i know that there are some facts that are not shown in movies. Glad that i did! I'm at the last 2 chapters now. The author Jon Krakauer did an excellent writing. Along the way, i've marked quotes from the book that has its sense to me. Here goes.....
"I think maybe part of what got him into trouble was that he did too much thinking...." - pg 18
"Invent an utterly new life for himself, one in which he would be free to wallow in unfiltered experience..." - pg 22
"Master of his own destiny..." - pg 23
"Allowing his life to be shaped by circumstances.." - pg 29
"He learned to bury what money he had before entering a city, then recover it on the way out of town..." - pg 37
"living to the fullest extent in which real meaning is found" - pg 38
"Seemed like a kid who was looking for something, looking for something, just didn't know what it was..." - pg 43
Jack London: Call of the Wild (a fiction book most favoured by McCandless) - pg 45
"You don't need to worry about me. I have a college education. I'm not destitute. I'm living like this by choice..." - pg 52
These subsequent quotes from 1-7 are taken from Chris' letter to the old man, Ronald A. Franz:
1. "You really should make a radical change in your lifestyle..." - pg 58
2. "So many people live within unhappy circumstances & yet will not take the initiative to change their situation because they are conditioned to a life of SECURITY, CONFORMITY and CONSERVATISM, all of which may appear to give one peace of mind. But in reality nothing is more damaging to the adventurous spirit of a man than a secure future...." - pg 58
3. "The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences..." - pg 58
4. "I fear you will follow this same inclination in the future and thus fail to discover all the wonderful things that God has placed around us to discover..." - pg 58
5. "Don't settle down and sit in one place. Move around, be nomadic, make each day a new horizon..." - pg 58
6. "We just have to have the courage to turn against our habitual lifestyle and engage in unconventional living..." - pg 58-59
7. "And you must do this economy style, no motels, do your own cooking, as a general rule spend as little as possible and you will enjoy it much more immensely..." - pg 59
"He was going to write a book about his travels..." - pg 67
"I have always been unsatisfied with life as most people live it. Always i want to live more intensely and richly..." - pg 91
"Came into this world with unusual gifts..." - pg 106
" Quit...after objecting to rules imposed by a high school band leader..." - pg 110
"He quit playing partly because he didn't like being told what to do..." - pg 110
"Chris had so much natural talent but if you tried to coach him, to polish his skill, to bring out that final 10%, a wall went up..." - pg 111
"Didn't like going through channels, working within the system, waiting his turn..." - pg 113
"Chatting with prostitutes and homeless people, buying them meals, ernestly suggesting ways they might improve their lives..." - pg 113
"You can read about this stuff, but you can't understand it until you live it..." - pg 114
"I was surprised, as always, by how easy the act of leaving was, and how good it felt. The world was suddenly rich with possibility" - pg 136
"if you want something badly enough, it is your God-given right to have it" - pg 154
"McCandless went into the wilderness not primarily to ponder nature or world at large but, rather, to explore the inner country of his own soul" - pg 182
"I was surprised, as always, by how easy the act of leaving was, and how good it felt. The world was suddenly rich with possibility" - pg 136
"if you want something badly enough, it is your God-given right to have it" - pg 154
"McCandless went into the wilderness not primarily to ponder nature or world at large but, rather, to explore the inner country of his own soul" - pg 182
Phewww...ok those are amongst my favourite quotes in the book...i like them soooo much!!
It's always to read the whole book or watch the movie on your own, you can better absorb the lessons taught us by McCandless.
It's always to read the whole book or watch the movie on your own, you can better absorb the lessons taught us by McCandless.
Into The Wild book
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love this one:
"Don't settle down and sit in one place. Move around, be nomadic, make each day a new horizon..."
Cool quotes. Wish I could have some time to read some books. Btw, thanks for dropping by to my blog. :]
i like that one too..it really explains about me now..
i used to think i dont hv time to read..but i really want to read. so what i do now is i read whenever i hv free time no matter how short.. be it 5 or 10 mins or before bed time, i still read. n from there, i form a habit i didnt realize n finished one book.. ;-)
your welcome n do drop by often...
I really like the quotes especially since im doing a paper on the book if you could find page numbers or chapters tha would be amazing
Hi there...unfortunately the book is borrowed by my friend now.. if i can remember, the quotes spread mostly from the beginning when chris worked with the guy, met with the traveling couple and when he met with the grandpa-guy before hitting fairbanks.. hey good idea to write about chris..do u blog?
hey what page is that quote about not being destitute about him having the education on.
chris' story hits my like a stone. i'm just watching it now :o(
Do you think that you could put the page numbers beside the quotes. My teacher is so strict about page numbers needing to be beside quotes. Your site helped me out with my essay so much thanks.
hi everyone, just saw your comments. I'd find some times to do it and post it later ya. sorry to keep u waiting. glad to help
this is my favorite one...
“Then in a gesture that would have done both Thoreau and Tolstoy proud, he arranged all his paper currency in a pile on the sand-a pathetic little stack of ones fives and twenties- and put a match to it. One-hundred twenty three dollars in legal tender was promptly reduced to ash and smoke.”
pg. 29
Your blog was very helpful with my English project, thank you so much.
^^^ Your blog helped tremendously with my English paper as well, thank you
I'm glad it has helped you with your paper Cam... you are most welcome! :-)
This is now four years later from the last comment on this and its weird how a book so old can be so relevant in today's society as well. I think the story of Chris McCandless is so compelling because he is so relatable and who everyone wishes they could try to be. Thank you for this blog :)
Hey hi and happy new year. What a ride in 2020 😁. Yes I agree the book is still relevant today and the story of McCandless must be read and understood, not only for himself but also for our own soul. Thank you for dropping a few words. Just only last night I told myself that I want to start writing again and to open a new blog. But seeing your comment here first thing in the morning, it's like speaking to me that I need to pay attention to what I already have, this blog, instead of creating a new one.
Hey hi and happy new year. What a ride in 2020 😁. Yes I agree the book is still relevant today and the story of McCandless must be read and understood, not only for himself but also for our own soul. Thank you for dropping a few words. Just only last night I told myself that I want to start writing again and to open a new blog. But seeing your comment here first thing in the morning, it's like speaking to me that I need to pay attention to what I already have, this blog, instead of creating a new one.
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