Into the Wild an Analysis of Who Jack Londonwas to Chris...

â€Å"Jack London is King† this was carved in to a block of wood found at the bus where Chris McCandless’s body was found. Chris McCandless admired Jack London as a man and a writer. Chris went into the wild’s of Alaska to prove that he could live off the land, with no modern conveniences, and no human contact. Jack London wrote stories about men and animals experiences against the environment, and survival against hardships, which were written from his own life. His works included individualism and the study of the laws of nature. Chris wanted to explore his own individualism, who he was, and how he was to live the rest of his life. Jack London was a great writer. People who read and study his work become inspired. He is read around the†¦show more content†¦Chris McCandless went on this Alaskan journey because he wanted to be like Jack London. In many ways Chris was inspired by Jack London. Jack London was a Socialist, he was young and strong and could do any hard labor. Then one day he looked around and saw men and women all twisted out of shape from toil, hardship and accidents, just tossed aside like many old horses. Then he thought what would happen to him when his strength gave out. Chris believed that wealth was shameful, corrupting, inherently evil. He couldn’t understand how people could be allowed to go hungry. Chris spent many weekends talking with prostitutes and homeless people, buying them something to eat. Writers like Jack London inspired Chris to reject the material society that he lived in and seek a new life based on purity and truth. He wanted to find the spiritual and philosophical meaning of his own life. To do this Chris felt that the only way to achieve this was by going into the wilderness and abandoning human contact. Chris began his adventure by getting rid of his suburban identity, by changing his name to Alexander Supertramp. Then he headed into the wild with little more than the clothes on his back, because of some passages he read. Yet, when Jack London went to Alaska to pan for gold, he went with 2000 pounds of supplies and equipment. In one book Jack London describes a forest drenched in silence and solitude. His glorification of the desolation appeals to