Being Wild Is A Value

When we mention valuable things, what comes in our minds? It is usually associated with something good. For example, they are beauty, delicacy, pleasant, and precious. Meanwhile, wild is associated with recklessness, wilderness, and irresponsible behaviour. It is almost impossible to notice wildness as value. Being wild will always give people trouble and mess. People believe that recklessness leads to nuisance. Nevertheless, it does not always seem like that. Wildness has something which can be appreciated. It is precious for occasionally it gives you lessons. Being wild is a value.

That is what we can figure out from On the Road, a novel written by Jack Kerouac. Wild figure in Dean Moriarty comes into Sal’s life and it is quite inspiring, even tough maybe people around him do not see that as a worth.“Although my aunt warned me that he would get me in trouble, I could hear new call and see a new horizon, and believe it at my young age;” (On the Road:10). Being wild gives people inspirations for living. As in the novel, Sal is so inspired by the Dean Moriarty, one of his acquaintances whom he describes as tedious intelligence. He admires the quality which is totally different from the people in his eastern society. They are rigid, stiff, and regimental. He sees different quality which Dean has and wants to be as free as Dean. The carefree life of Dean captivates him, and even he puts Dean as his role model to life.

Being wild turns people to be a better person. It is fascinating because when people have gone wild or even mad, they do the things that they want, and it is relieving. It is freeing souls and mind. When it turns to free souls, it casts away the burdens in life which is good to life. “’Criminality’ was not something that sulked and sneered; it was a wild yea-saying over burst of American joy” (On the Road: 10). Wild minds or behaviours might be in everyone. However, not everyone is brave enough to make it happens. It might be the society who pushes them, so they just do not do that. By being wild, it makes people to be honest of them self and life. People just free their mind, do the thing that they want to do. They do not have to pretend that something is bad or immoral because of the society’s sake. That is another point that makes people a better person.

Wildness, which can be considered as a spontaneous thing, makes people to do the things that they might not try before. Wildness does not require people to think much and do less. ”…he didn’t care one way or the other.” (On the Road: 10). Being wild just wants people do things, experience, and get lesson from it. When they do something they have never strived before, they develop our self. By being wild, they encourage themselves to do anything different.

All and all, being wild does not always mean being nuisance or even criminal. It is worth something. Being wild gives you the opportunity to be more than you right now. It encourages you to do the things which maybe you have not done before. It free your self. Hence you become more honest of your life. Being wild helps you to act more than just only sit and think about your life. It is carefree. You are not afraid anymore to experience your life. Then, as a result, you earn lesson to be a better person.

Reference:

Keroac, Jack (1975). On the Road.  New York : Buccaneer Books, Inc.