The Significance Of Home In Into The Wild, By Jon Krakauer

Home;Noun: The place where one lives permanently, especially as a member of a family or household. That is the literal definition of a home, but to some “Home is where the heart is”, home is the place where we feel the most in tune, where there is no fear to be yourself. Where you can discover who you are and what you want without any judgment. The place where you feel the safest, the most insync with your mind, soul, and aspirations.It doesn't need to be a place with four walls and a roof. Home can be a person, a place, or a space with nothing at all. Home is the place or the headspace where you feel the most comfortable, where you are cut off from the thing dragging you down, the space where you feel the most comfortable, but a place where one is enthusiastic about living life. The idea of being surrounded by nothing and still feeling the most fulfilled, finding home in nothingness is explored in the book “Into The Wild” by Jon Krakauer. A book which

For Chris throwing himself into the wild was his place of nothing literally. “He had been smitten by the vastness of the land…” (Krakauer 122). It was his opportunity to do “What he wanted to do. I understood that it was important for him to see how independent he could be.”(Krakauer 125). It was just that and can be just that for humans. Finding the space or the place, or the person that makes us feel everything we want. Where we can come out and say what we are feeling or what we need, a space where we can find ourselves with no judgment, and a place where there is the freedom to do whatever we feel is necessary to feel at home. Even if we choose to not share it, home is whatever we make it. Chris had the courage to realize he was unhappy and make the change. Although this was much more drastic than what most people would be willing to do, it was his way of finding a home. A place. His peace of