Persuasive Essay On Into The Wild
Back in third grade, whenever my report card was sent home, my parents would say: “Those grades are what’s going to give you a better life than we have now.” At eight though, I wasn’t thinking of the money, but helping families stay together. I wanted to be a lawyer and fight for undocumented parents to avoid deportation and stay with their kids.
My parents still remind me urgently that I don’t want their lifestyle, but I ask why not? We aren’t living in poverty. Yes, we have to work hard to pay bills, but we’re comfortable. Millionaires may live lavishly but they most tolerate conventional corporate jobs, with long hours; leading them to sacrifice relations with their families. If that’s the “dream”, it’s absurd. Instead of striving for more money, we should …show more content…
Money is the priority. However, all the money in the world can’t make you prosper, but it’s the experience you’ve been through that makes you prosperous. Jon Krakauer in Into the Wild, he wrote about Christopher McCandless, an upper-class kid that donated all his money to charity, burned the cash in his wallet, abandoned his car, and hitchhiked to Alaska. McCandless embarked on a new life outside of society, seeking “raw, transcendental” experience. Many who hear his story find it insane. In fact, when I read that McCandless had blown off law school, I thought he was crazy. He had a potentially lucrative future. How could such a gifted guy throw away all of his hard work? However, as I read more, I realized he wasn’t crazy, but living outside the boundaries. Money is merely paper that drives us crazy, and we seek to attain more. I work five days a week, but when I’m not working I’m doing school work. It’s rare for me to go out on my days off, or even have dinner with my parents. I’ve sacrificed Sunday dinners, movie nights, or just hanging out with my friends. I’m making money, but it’s costing me my youth and my relations with those who surround
My parents still remind me urgently that I don’t want their lifestyle, but I ask why not? We aren’t living in poverty. Yes, we have to work hard to pay bills, but we’re comfortable. Millionaires may live lavishly but they most tolerate conventional corporate jobs, with long hours; leading them to sacrifice relations with their families. If that’s the “dream”, it’s absurd. Instead of striving for more money, we should …show more content…
Money is the priority. However, all the money in the world can’t make you prosper, but it’s the experience you’ve been through that makes you prosperous. Jon Krakauer in Into the Wild, he wrote about Christopher McCandless, an upper-class kid that donated all his money to charity, burned the cash in his wallet, abandoned his car, and hitchhiked to Alaska. McCandless embarked on a new life outside of society, seeking “raw, transcendental” experience. Many who hear his story find it insane. In fact, when I read that McCandless had blown off law school, I thought he was crazy. He had a potentially lucrative future. How could such a gifted guy throw away all of his hard work? However, as I read more, I realized he wasn’t crazy, but living outside the boundaries. Money is merely paper that drives us crazy, and we seek to attain more. I work five days a week, but when I’m not working I’m doing school work. It’s rare for me to go out on my days off, or even have dinner with my parents. I’ve sacrificed Sunday dinners, movie nights, or just hanging out with my friends. I’m making money, but it’s costing me my youth and my relations with those who surround