Into the wild

today i came across this beautiful movie"into the wild". into the wild is a sort of movie that leads you to thinking about life. i bet whoever has seen tht movie can't stop him without giving a shot of thinking to his life.
well the movie chronicles the true story of 24-year-old Christopher McCandless’s journey, without compass or map, into the Alaskan wilderness in 1992, based on the book of same name by jon krakauer(now a must read for me).
chris McCandless, a highly intelligent and academically successful young man,but a lil reluctant towards the system of our civilized society, has his belief in the restorative effect of nature on man’s soul.These internal clashes led McCandless, in 1990, to renounce his parents, give away to charity his savings of $25,000, burn the cash in his wallet, change his name to Alex, and effectively drop out of civilized society.
he then spend almost two years in travelling in various parts of america meeting different people from different backgrounds But his dream was always to spend several months alone in the Alaska, living off the land in the tradition of his literary heroes Henry David Thoreau, Leo Tolstoy, and Jack London. later he spend his days thoroughly reading books and observing the each true and innocent moment of nature.
the movie is really a soul touching. into the wild has few good thoughts/lessons for life. a kind of spiritual movie but in a unique way.
@ the last part of movie he wrote in his book ""Happiness only real when shared". so true