The wilderness is a social constructed term that human being establishes to differentiate between civil society and the untamed nature. The people and animals in The Bear other than Sam Fathers, Boon, Lion, and Isaac view nature as the wilderness because they observe nature through the eyes of the established society. Nevertheless, when a person, such as Isaac, learns to appreciate the wilderness for its beauty and mystery, he does not view nature as the wilderness but a primitive state of all living things. Thus, it allows him to let go of his compass, watch, and stick because he knows in this primitive state, men are capable of living without worldly possessions.
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