A quote on page 155 says, "it is easy, when you are young, to believe that what you desire is no less than what you deserve, to assume that if you want something badly enough, it is your god-given right to have it." Does this quote seem to have a ring of

A ring of truth? I think being young certainly opens up possibilities and the idea that one has a right to what they seek. Unfortunately the world does not conform to human will. Chris had a sense of entitlement to his ideology. Reality, however, is not bound by Chris's romantic ideals. The wilderness especially shows no concern for the ideals of Chris or the writings of his author hero's Thoreau and Emerson.