Chris and Krakauer aren’t looking for the underlying supernatural truth in the world, they are trying to figure out the truth about themselves and the natural world in which all Americans live in. Pioneers like Thoreau and Wordsworth stepped out and ventured into nature and wrote down there experience. This allowed for others such as Chris to take an additional step and venture out into the wild and push himself to his physical limits. This is what I believe is the true reason Americans are fascinated with nature, the idea of being able to push yourself, will one survive if he or she decides to take that journey into the wild. A chance to prove we as humans, haven’t advanced too far to the point of no return. For men it may even be a self-promoting experience to announce they made it a day or two in the woods without food. In today’s America most people seeking the sublime would much rather attend their church service and donate a healthy portion to tides rather than search for God in nature such as Wordsworth. This is because many Americans know what physical capacity it takes to venture out into the
Chris and Krakauer aren’t looking for the underlying supernatural truth in the world, they are trying to figure out the truth about themselves and the natural world in which all Americans live in. Pioneers like Thoreau and Wordsworth stepped out and ventured into nature and wrote down there experience. This allowed for others such as Chris to take an additional step and venture out into the wild and push himself to his physical limits. This is what I believe is the true reason Americans are fascinated with nature, the idea of being able to push yourself, will one survive if he or she decides to take that journey into the wild. A chance to prove we as humans, haven’t advanced too far to the point of no return. For men it may even be a self-promoting experience to announce they made it a day or two in the woods without food. In today’s America most people seeking the sublime would much rather attend their church service and donate a healthy portion to tides rather than search for God in nature such as Wordsworth. This is because many Americans know what physical capacity it takes to venture out into the