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Self-Reinvention Theme In Into The Wild

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Christopher McCandless’ main goal in life was to reinvent himself, change his beliefs, and find true spiritual tranquility in order to achieve his ultimate goal of becoming Alex Supertramp. The theme of Self-reinvention is expressed tremendously all throughout Into the Wild and was the main idea of the book and Christopher McCandless’ main inspiration. Examples of self-reinvention are Christopher McCandless’ journey, how his journey relates to self-reinvention, the purpose of self-reinvention, and self-reinvention and its true meaning. Christopher McCandless had taken this task of changing himself in order to achieve his own self reinvention. His journey had taken him through many treacherous obstacles and Christopher had still managed to overcome them. The ending of his journey and his life was symbolic to the fact that in large situations, many people can overlook a small detail and it end fatal. Showing examples that people may take extra caution and be careful when handling situations even when the situation may seem small or not extremely important. “I noticed he was crying. That …show more content…

This is an example of how Christopher McCandless had realized the likeliness of him not coming back from the wild. “Chris submitted to Walt’s authority…but the boy raged inwardly all the while” (Krakauer 46). Christopher had always played the game by the book and showed people what they want but he hated it tremendously. “Behave cryptically to confuse predators; change colors, spit or feign death. If all else fails, taste terrible” (Gerstler). This is an example of self-reinvention by showing what needs to be done. Self-reinvention requires adaptation to a brand new environment no

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