All 3 Uses of
perspective
in
Into the Wild
- And now he'd slipped painlessly out of Ron Franz's life as well. Painlessly, that is, from McCandless's perspective, although not from the old man's.
p. 55..8 (definition 1) *perspective = way of seeing and thinking about things
- But my sense of Chris McCandless's intentions comes, too, from a more personal perspective.
p. 134..3 (definition 1)
- Although he castigated himself severely for this waste of a life he'd taken, a day later McCandless appeared to regain some perspective, for his journal notes, "henceforth will learn to accept my errors, however great they be."
p. 167..4 (definition 2) *perspective = sensible view
Definitions:
-
(1) (perspective as in: Look at it from her perspective) a particular way of seeing or thinking about things
-
(2) (perspective as in: Keep it in perspective) a sensible view of a situation that considers its different parts in a balanced way