Into The Wild

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Into The Wild is a novel I read in high school, and it is a novel that is stuck with me ever since I first picked it up. The thought of leaving everything behind just to experience a mindless adventure is so exhilarating in my mind. We spent so much of our lives worried about work, grades, relationships, etc. It was such a breath of fresh air reading a story that doesn’t have to worry about any of these things. I am a firm believer in adventure and travel, everyone needs to experience a different part of the world or even their state and just live without their “normal” worries for a bit. This novel is brilliant, and I believe that kids would take a lot out of it, however, I don’t believe parents would feel the same way as me. I can see parents saying it will pursue their children to run away or give up on their responsibilities. I can also see them arguing that their children might want to do that in their future. 

My high school teacher taught us this novel in a very amazing way. He taught us how to take "alone" time and ignore responsibilities once in a while. He said even taking a quiet twenty-minute walk every day can be exhilarating if you let it. I will always hold onto that. 

 I would teach this novel to my middle school class. I would hope they would get an impact like I did, I even read this novel a second time after I graduated. 

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