"You are still going to live a long time, Ron, and it would be a shame if
you did not take the opportunity to revolutionize your life and move into an
entirely new realm of experience.
You are wrong if you think Joy emanates only or principally from human
relationships. God has placed it all around us. It is in everything and anything
we might experience. We just have to have the courage to turn against our
habitual lifestyle and engage in unconventional living.
My point is that you do not need me or anyone else around to bring this new
kind of light in your life. It is simply waiting out
there for you to grasp it, and all you have to do is reach for it. The only
person you are fighting is yourself and your stubbornness to engage in new
circumstances." (Krakauer 65).
Topic: Inspiration or fool?
To me, this is the most powerful paragraph that I have read in the novel because it is the one that I can most relate to. A motto that my family lives by is "life is not about how long it is, but what you make of it". In other words, life is about quality, not quantity. In this paragraph, Chris McCandless writes to Ron Franz and tells him that he needs to get out there and see the world. Chris feels that Ron is not seizing the opportunity to enjoy life even though he has the potential to. Chris points out that both he and Franz are very stubborn, but that they are stubborn about different things. Chris also points out that to engage in this type of lifestyle you have to be out of your comfort zone and turn against our habitual lifestyle. I still think that McCandless is an inspiration because even though he can be stubborn at times, he also has the ability to impact other lives than his own.
Incorrect: "You are still going to live a long time, Ron, and it would be a shame if
ReplyDeleteyou did not take the opportunity to revolutionize your life and move into an
entirely new realm of experience.
You are wrong if you think Joy emanates only or principally from human
relationships. God has placed it all around us. It is in everything and anything
we might experience. We just have to have the courage to turn against our
habitual lifestyle and engage in unconventional living.
My point is that you do not need me or anyone else around to bring this new
kind of light in your life. It is simply waiting out
there for you to grasp it, and all you have to do is reach for it. The only
person you are fighting is yourself and your stubbornness to engage in new
circumstances." (Krakauer 65).
Correct: "You are still going to live a long time, Ron, and it would be a shame if
you did not take the opportunity to revolutionize your life and move into an
entirely new realm of experience. You are wrong if you think Joy emanates only or principally from human relationships. God has placed it all around us. It is in everything and anything we might experience. We just have to have the courage to turn against our habitual lifestyle and engage in unconventional living. My point is that you do not need me or anyone else around to bring this new kind of light in your life. It is simply waiting out there for you to grasp it, and all you have to do is reach for it. The only person you are fighting is yourself and your stubbornness to engage in new circumstances" (Krakauer 65).