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Editor’s note: Today’s entry is a reproduction (with some editing work) of my response to an article written by Mr. Pol_US, the article which is also reproduced below, without permission but with appropriate citation. So, Mr. Pol, if you happen to stop by, please kindly drop me a permission, sir. :o) (***As of now, permission has been granted.***)

'For there is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so'. --Hamlet, Act II Scene II

By the same token, can we then say, "For there is nothing happy or sad, but thinking makes it so"?

I have not watched the movie [Into the Wild], so whatever said here is based only on my opinion.

First it’s interesting to know that the movie is based on a true story of a 23-year-old man. Initially, I thought that it was fiction and that the protagonist was in his 30’s or 40’s.

Secondly Mr. Krakauer’s story seems to be reminiscent of the Lord Buddha’s tale: both abandon their lives and the people around them in search of “happiness” elsewhere. Seen in the light of latter tale, the former therefore is not something new and we should not find it hard to comprehend the rationales behind Mr. Krakauer’s decision.

Now let me turn to a very acute observation you’ve made: if for him, “happiness is only real when shared,” how could his happiness be shared if he chose to abandon his family and many others? Or maybe, an even more appropriate question would be “How could he feel the claimed happiness living in seclusion?”

To answer to these two (philosophical) questions, I think we must first attempt to (1) delineate the circle of people that his world of happiness encircles, and (2) to refine the source of “happiness.” If his circle of happiness should only include his loved ones and if his loved ones were happy with his choice—then the two aforementioned questions could easily go nullified. Don’t you agree, sir? Also, by extension, we can even say that now that his story is made public and many people have enjoyed it, it would not be fatuous to deduce that his seclusion has led us to happiness. His happiness, albeit in seclusion, is finally shared, that is.

Lastly, perhaps, instead of just saying “I don’t understand him,” we would gain more from the story if we ask ourselves: Why don’t I understand him? This question, I believe, would pave the way to our self-understanding, which perhaps is a necessary step before we can fully understand others, sir.

Photo credit: //www.oap.mtu.edu/images/books/into_the_wild.jpg

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Here begins the article by Mr. Pol_US:

"Happiness is only real when shared!"

In the movie was the last sentence mentioned above writen by the main actor who escaped from the civilized & hectic city leading to find himself in the wild. In accordance with the story, Into the Wild, a man graduated from Emory University with distinction score but eventually shuned from what we so-call "civilization." He discarded everything including his family to seek the real truth, which he defines it above of all we know about it: it is not only "parent, love, fairness, etc," but nothing save "truth." He, nevertheless, ended up his life, based upon the passion of his parent and sister, in the isolated wild with the eternal truth. Finally he was cabaple of finding the truth. He wrote in his diary that "Happiness is only real when shared!" prior to ending his life in the wild, but he did not intend to end his destination in this manner.

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The story is based on the true life of a man who ended his life at the age of 23 years old. The plot of story is that:

" INTO THE WILD is based on a true story and the bestselling book by Jon Krakauer. After graduating from Emory University in 1992, top student and athlete Christopher McCandless (Hirsch) abandons his possessions, gave his entire $24,000 savings account to charity and hitchhiked to Alaska to live in the wilderness. Along the way, Christopher encounters a series of characters that shape his life." [ This breif is written by Lisa Kelley.]

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