Self-Reliance is in one of those grey areas for Transcendentalism, it’s about relying on yourself instead of others. Chris McCandless frequently hitchhiked across the U.S relying on others as a form of transportation and also lives with multiple groups of people, he has shown how he don’t like to take others money without working for them but that means he still uses the government for resources, thus he kind of relies on the government. "Man is his own star; and the soul that can, render an honest and a perfect man, commands all light, all influence, all fate; Nothing to him falls early or too late. Our acts our angels are, or good or ill, our fatal shadows that walk by us still." …show more content…
Chris didn’t have to start a new, if he had followed conformity he could still be free to do as he pleases along and it was in the law. Chris could have gone to Alaska and still have kept his identity and if he didn’t run away he might still be alive. Nature may be a harsh thing to many but for some it’s the only escape from modern society, to break chains and be free is a dream for some people but people don’t always realize to price of being