Unattainable dream

Dallin 2022-03-19 09:01:02


A man sits lazily and at ease on the roof of an abandoned car, surrounded by fresh fields, and in the distance is the boundless sky. Life slowly unfolds, extremely free and infinitely transparent... I accidentally read it on a friend’s blog. The poster of this film was instantly attracted, and the soul seemed to be grabbed for an instant, and a resonance resounded in my heart.

From birth, we have been entangled with strands of tough fetters, from body to soul. We need a birth certificate to show our existence, an ID card to prove who we are, a job to show the value of our existence, and family and friendship to maintain the meaning of our existence-too much restraint and unnaturalness.

What should life be like? Maybe, just simply live and feel everything around me happily. So Easy!

Alex cut off all the shackles, chose his own life, chose to be who he is, and chose the free nature that belongs to us but has been lost for a long time. Cars, deposits, cash, work, future, family, and even my own names are all abandoned. Then, he walked naked to the wilderness and started wandering until he died there.

"There is a necessary thing in your life. You don't have to be strong, but you have to feel strong. Even if only once, you have to prove yourself, even if only once, you have to discover yourself."

He chose The life I dream of may also be a life I will never be able to choose.

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Into the Wild quotes

  • Carine McCandless: Chris was writing his story, and it had to be Chris who would tell it.

  • Walt McCandless: Don't you walk away from me, woman! Woman!

    Billie McCandless: Kids! Look what your dad is doing to me!

    Walt McCandless: For God's sake, look what your mother is making me do!

    Billie McCandless: Fuck you! I hate you!

    Walt McCandless: There ain't gonna be no party. I'm gonna cancel Christmas this year.

    Billie McCandless: Cancel Christmas? Who do you think you are? God?

    Walt McCandless: That's right! I'm God!