Answer:
Transcendentalism have been demonstrated as a values based on self reliance, individuality, and optimism.
Explanation:
Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau were the person behind the transcendentalism, which was the philosophical movement that began in 1830s. We can find the transcendentalism in McCandless’s ‘Into the Wild’ where McCandless believes that life is best lived alone, in nature, by enjoying and feeling the natural beauty.
McCandless and Henry were both against materialism. They both believed that being dependent on the worldly possessions makes a person detached from their true self. McCandless wasn’t obsessed with any worldly possessions, he was ready to leave everything. Be it Emerson, or Henry, or McCandless, all of them tries to convey their readers to lead a simple life.
It is when you are trying to make someone change their mind with good evidence. you are persuading them to do something
Summary
The journey to Buchenwald has fatally weakened Eliezer’s father. On arrival, he sits in the snow and refuses to move. He seems at last to have given in to death. Eliezer tries to convince him to move, but he will not or cannot, asking only to be allowed to rest. When an air raid alert drives everyone into the barracks, Eliezer leaves his father and falls deeply asleep. In the morning, he begins to search for his father, but halfheartedly. Part of him thinks that he will be better off if he abandons his father and conserves his strength. Almost accidentally, however, he finds his father, who is very sick and unable to move. Eliezer brings him soup and coffee. Again, however, Eliezer feels deep guilt, because part of him would rather keep the food for himself, to increase his own chance of survival.
The check can represent Mama’s longing for a better life