Into the Wild
What are 2 universal themes present within the novel?
Here's a list to choose from.
- A human being's confrontation with nature
- A human's lack of humanity
- A rebellious human being's confrontation with a hostile society
- An individual's struggle toward understanding, awareness, and/or spiritual enlightment
- An individual's conflict b/w passion and responsibility
- An individual's triumph over adversity
- The human glorification of the past/ rejection of the past
- The tension b/w the ideal and the real
- Conflict between human beings and machines
- The impact of the past on the present
- The inevitability of fate
- The evil of unchecked amibition
- The struggle for equality
- The loss of innocence/disillusionment of adulthood
- The conflict b/w parents and children
- The making of an artist in a materialistic society
- The clash b/w civilization and wilderness
- The clash b/w appearance and realities
- The pain of love (or what passes for it)
- The perils or rewards of carpe diem
