Most of society is viewed as something terrible by almost every teenager and most adults. What society is is a group that everyone seems to want to conform to. Everyone wants to fit into society, except for children because most children don 't understand social constructs. Chris McCandless and Martin Luther are examples as to why it’s probably not the best idea to live outside the bounds of society. It is better to live within the bounds of society because it 's hard to live outside the bounds of society, and not a lot of people are willing to change their lifestyle and the way they live for anything.
It is really hard to live outside the bounds of society, especially since nobody really does, or tries. Almost everyone has …show more content…
Other people spend all their lives trying not to live in it, but they end up doing it anyways. Some people 's lives revolve around society. Like Chris McCandless. It tells in the book Into the Wild that he spent the end of his days trying to get away from society (which didn’t really work) while for all his life, McCandless was a very good contributor to society. Society can be changed though. People can change their society to make it better for others. Society is life, or more of a lifestyle. An example of changing society and people 's point of views for the better of humanity is Martin Luther. According to a Britannica article, Luther precipitated a movement that reformulated certain basic tenets of Christian belief, and this resulted in the division of Western Christendom between Roman Catholicism and the new Protestant traditions. He disagreed with the teachings of the church because he thought they were outrageous. Luther changed the way of most practices in Catholicism because he believed that the current ones in his day were wrong and disgraceful. He then started teaching it his way. As a result, Martin Luther is now considered “one of the most influential figures in the history of Christianity” (Hillerbrand, Martin Luther). He didn’t get rid of Catholicism, he tweaked it, arguably making it convenient for people. If people are not happy with the way they are living, the way that society is, then they have a right …show more content…
No one is there to watch your back or help you out in any way, shape, or form. In Chris McCandless’ situation, his sister explains in her book The Wild Truth that he tried really hard to get off the grid be by himself, but he still had people worrying about him and people on the street trying to help him out. Jon Krakauer’s article Death of an Innocent tells how people try to help McCandless out, and in a new article titled BACK TO THE WILD, Chris’ parents talk about him. In a way, McCandless was still part of society, no matter how much he didn 't want to be. He became especially popular to society after his death. His death made him well known by many people who didn’t even know he