Into the Wild

     So far in class we have discussed many topics throughout the two books that we have read and they intersect in various ways. The book, Into the Wild, is no different, and yet it is. The protagonist in the book is an educated white man who refuses to be given new things, whereas in the previous book, Bread Givers, anything that was new was a major blessing. This man was privileged for being white and was given anything he could ever want, if he wanted it that is. When comparing it to Laramie Project, there was privilege for the white race and colored people had not much to say and had to submit to the white race. Honestly, the man in Into the Wild, is pretty bad-ass. He does the complete opposite of what the other two books have done. He refuses all his privilege and he goes off and does whatever he pleases. 
    Who would have thought that someone who has it all, everything that anyone would be envious of, just throws it all way like trash, like it doesn't matter? Heck, if I was given a new car from my parents I would be the happiest person ever! ...If I learn how to drive better that is ha-ha. Not only is he given anything, but he is also well educated. He graduates and everything, and yet he refuses to receive anything. In the other books, being white was the best thing that could ever happen to you or the fact that just being white no one questions what you do because of all the privilege a white person gets. 
    As far as race goes, if the protagonist was colored instead of white, it would have been much harder for him to do what he wanted. Take for instance hitch-hiking. The white man was able to get a few rides because he was white and because of that, other white privileged folks saw him and felt sorry for him and wanted to help him in whatever way they could, whereas a colored man, people would probably keep on driving on and not care for the colored man because he means less than a white man. This can also tie with the education portion of it because colored people are not as well educated as the white's were.