I remember reading that book in high school and not getting why we were supposed to care about this guy. Dumbass rich kid drives around, tours with actual poor people like an enrichment experience, does extreme camping because he thinks he's some sort of shaman, eats poisoned berries and dies. Like it could be interesting if it weren't framed as some "tragic but noble journey of enlightenment by a romantic soul who never truly fit in this world" or some shit.
Kerouac grew up in a poor, immigrant family. He was just a contrarian, misanthropic asshole. The original "post-Leftist" as someone on Twitter called him.
Jon Krakauer wrote the book. The kid was Chris McCandless. I used to hate that movie 10 years ago, but actually really like it now. Into Thin Air is a good book by Krakauer.
Lol I get it, honestly. For me his voice just takes me back to a particular personal moment in time. If you don't have that connection he can be a bit... much.
I had a similar reaction initially but I now have a lot more sympathy for Chris McCandless after his sister revealed that their parents were extremely abusive , and letters from him reveal his desire to escape an awful environment at home was the driving cause for going "into the wild".
I remember reading that book in high school and not getting why we were supposed to care about this guy. Dumbass rich kid drives around, tours with actual poor people like an enrichment experience, does extreme camping because he thinks he's some sort of shaman, eats poisoned berries and dies. Like it could be interesting if it weren't framed as some "tragic but noble journey of enlightenment by a romantic soul who never truly fit in this world" or some shit.
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Best description of the book I’ve ever read
He was a dumbass but McCandless at least gave away his entire trust fund to Oxfam or something like that, so I'll take him over Kerouac.
Kerouac grew up in a poor, immigrant family. He was just a contrarian, misanthropic asshole. The original "post-Leftist" as someone on Twitter called him.
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Fuck, wait for real I thought that was the name of the into the wild guy
Jon Krakauer wrote the book. The kid was Chris McCandless. I used to hate that movie 10 years ago, but actually really like it now. Into Thin Air is a good book by Krakauer.
into thin air is such a fucked book, i haven't read it in a decade and it still sticks out distinctly in my memory
Also Under the Banner of Heaven and Missoula
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I had never heard of this person but that is pretty funny.
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oh come on that's a fantastic soundtrack
also the kaki king song on there is just :joker-dancing:
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I respect your right to be so, so wrong.
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Lol I get it, honestly. For me his voice just takes me back to a particular personal moment in time. If you don't have that connection he can be a bit... much.
And also Society is just a hilariously whiny song
:angery:
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I had a similar reaction initially but I now have a lot more sympathy for Chris McCandless after his sister revealed that their parents were extremely abusive , and letters from him reveal his desire to escape an awful environment at home was the driving cause for going "into the wild".
Nooo, not the contextual information that makes it hard to just shit on someone
I don’t think Kerouac was particularly rich growing up.
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