Chapter 6 and 7: Question 33

McCandless said "I'm not destitute. I'm living like this by choice." Thoreau also had this type of attitude in his writings. He is very set on making his own decisions. Chris and Thoreau both do not want people to think that they are being forced to live like this.  Chris wrote this in a letter to Franz, "I'd like to repeat the advice I gave you before, in that I think you really should make a radical change in your lifestyle and begin to boldly do things which you may previously never have thought of doing, or been too hesitant to attempt." Chris is trying to convince Franz that he should make a dramatic change and live boldly. Thoreau also tries to persuade his readers to make a dramatic transformation to better their lives. I see a lot of resemblence between the writings of Chris and Thoreau because Chris idolizes Thoreau and takes Thoreau's thoughts and makes them a reality!