Another Point of View

There were certain themes in many literary works that intrigued Alex McCandless. Certain themes of adventure, truth, nature, and beauty (of things like nature). Many times Alex is described as a romantic this way because of his love of all things natural. (NATURE)

Dawn -    Mark R Slaughter (1957)

Dawn blushed – betrayed her waking sky
To gently break another morrow fine.
Night waned – the black receding – highland
Reaching for the early morning wine.

The chorus rendered frantic caws and
Chirps and other avian song,
Mapping out the 'mine and yours, ' and
Goading more to sing along!

Quiescent water – deep of lake –
Reflected out the hazy red, but
Through the glass, a flick, a break:
An urgent tail from hidden bed!

And in the meadow, waking faces
Calmly spread a coloured veil;
The dew disclosing spider laces –
Oft with once a fly’s travail!

Dawn blushed; revealed her inner peace;
She handed on another blissful day.
Night ebbed, relenting to release of
Warming blood that gives to her display.

NATURE
 Nature is mighty

Nature is strong
Nature is usually always right
Nature is rarely ever wrong
Nature is beauty
Nature is moody
Nature is smart
Nature always has the greater part
Nature is blue
Nature is green
Nature is every color possibly seen
Nature is true
Nature is beaming
Nature is dreaming
Nature is in every place
Nature is always with grace                       
Nature is true

Nature is you
Nature is me

Nature will forever be free. 

Anees Akbar   

The first poem is about dawn. It reminds me of how Alex would see everyday and his own peace about life. Despite the fact that he had problems with his parents, Alex was still quite peaceful. He took things easily, like the dawn "blushing" and starting a new day. The dawn betrays the sky as Alex betrayed the people he met by doing what the dawn does, beginning a new tomorrow. He left Ronald Franz and began his new adventure, not realizing he would never come back. This is how Alex can relate to the poem. Alex would not only be captured by the beauty of the poem, but also by how he can relate to the Dawn. 

This second poem has a theme about nature. It is kind of plain and just says things like “Nature is…” I know Alex would like this poem because of the lines “…Nature is mighty, Nature is strong, Nature is usually always right, Nature is rarely ever wrong, Nature is beauty…” I’m sure Alex would agree with these lines. What these poems mean is that Nature is many things and is nothing like us human beings. The lines “…Nature is usually always right, Nature is rarely wrong..” could mean how Nature changes when the seasons do. You can’t say it is winter (when “Nature” is warm and more like summer) when the squirrels aren’t even hibernating. Nature is different everywhere, there are different seasons and animals everywhere. Alex knew this because he always prepared himself wherever he went. This relates to Alex in how (on his trips to the forest or Alaska) he would be free in nature and “live off the land.” A line in the poem says “Nature will forever be free,” Alex tried to be like nature, acting free and roaming around. It is almost as if Alex was a part of nature when he traveled.