LITERATURE QUESTIONS
TRANSCENDENTALISM LITERATURE
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He wanted to live without the trappings of his middle-class upbringing.
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He heard Alaska was full of opportunities.
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He wanted to open his own business.
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He felt he learned nothing in college.
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Detailed explanation-1: -He graduated from Emory University as a top student/athlete only to decide he was tired of everything and decided to embark in a journey into the Alaskan wilderness. Christopher McCandless decided to leave behind the american dream in seek of a life full of freedom.
Detailed explanation-2: -Inglewood, California, U.S. Stampede Trail, Alaska, U.S. After graduating from Emory University in Georgia in 1990, McCandless traveled across North America and eventually hitchhiked to Alaska in April 1992. There, he entered the Alaskan bush with minimal supplies, hoping to live simply off the land.
Detailed explanation-3: -McCandless was 22 years old and newly graduated from college in May 1990 when he set out across the American West in a trip that would ultimately take him to the wilds of Alaska.
Detailed explanation-4: -McCandless apparently enjoyed living with Westerberg, cooking for and going drinking with the other people in the house. After only a few weeks, Westerberg must leave to serve a short sentence following a felony conviction for pirating television signals, which makes it impossible for McCandless to stay in Carthage.