In the eighth stanza of A Psalm of LIfe, this quote is used; “A forlorn and shipwrecked brother, Seeing, shall take heart again”. This quote interprets living a life everyone will remember and set an example.“ Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind. This quote from the text “Self- Reliance” shows how he didn’t care what anyone thought of his ways. Chris decided to pack only what he thought he needed for his adventure. So he decided to trade in his materialistic things and money for the sake of new life. “When I meet a government which says to me,”Your money or your life,” (Henry David Thoreau). The journey helped Chris clear …show more content…
This passage describes how you should spend every moment striving for the best in life and settling for nothing else. McCandless would travel all over the world and affect many lives along the way. ” Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string” (Ralph Waldo Emerson ?). Chris’s heart guided him to his happy place, where he was able to wander freely not having to worry about anybody or anything but himself. The time he spent in the wild resulted in a better way of life for Chris. “ I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived.” (Henry David Thoreau?) This quote perfectly summarizes what knowledge Chris expected to pick up from his journey. Chris found himself on his journey and used that understanding to become a hero to