to go to Alaska that April, like Chris McCandless, I was a raw youth who mistook passion for insight and acted according to an obscure, gap-ridden logic. I thought climbing the Devils Thumb would fix all that was wrong with my life. In the end, of course, it changed almost nothing. But I came to appreciate that mountains make poor receptacles for dreams. And I lived to tell my tale.” Into the Wild, 155 This passage sets the tone for Into the Wild. Chris McCandless is an adult, but still very much
After thoroughly and thoughtfully analyzing all of the required reading materials, I conclude that Christopher McCandless’ a/k/a “Alexander Supertramp”, see Pete Mason, Remembering Christopher McCandless 20 Years Later, at ¶3 (posted August 20, 2012), actions constituted deliberate risk. I acknowledge that compelling arguments could be proffered to show how Supertramp’s actions constituted hubris risk. However, I shall focus my essay on the deliberate nature of his actions. It is clear that Supertramp
Chris McCandless, unsatisfied with his false childhood subconsciously decided to seek refuge in his morality. He searched for himself by pushing his boundaries, both physical, mental and social. Lest, he rebelled against the status quo that his parents worshipped so that he could transcend into a higher state of thinking. Thus, he adopted spiritualism in favor of materialism and shamed dependency on the government and currency so that he could appreciate the fruitfulness of nature. Accordingly, he
Into The Wild This book is the story of Chris McCandless, a 24 year old Emory graduate who was found dead in the Alaskan wilderness in September 1992. McCandless grew up in wealthy Virginia. He grew in Washington, D.C. and was a very gifted athlete, great scholar,someone who showed strict moral compass, and a young man that showed passion since a young age. After he graduated the from high school he went to, McCandless spent the summer alone on a road trip across the US, during which he discovered
Chris McCandless has been a very inspirational person to many people. No not everyone has this same perspective but I would say that there is a majority of people who admire what Chris McCandless has done. I know that I wouldn’t be able to survive the way that McCandless did, to be honest I would have given up the first couple of days. I wouldn’t have even donated all of my money to charity because I would have used all of that money to survive on my trip. But, we are talking about Chris McCandless
Chris McCandless was a very different and strong willed guy who was always searching for an adventure in his life. On his journey he impacted and befriended three specific people who were Jan Burre, Ronald Franz, and Westerberg. I feel like he impacted those three the most because they all made a personal attachment and connection to him. The one who I feel he most connected with was Ronald Franz. Ronald Franz was an old man who didn’t have a family other than the two kids he adopted and raised
speculation as to what drove Christopher McCandless to such extremes. Some believe he was a nutcase that finally snapped, others thought that he was drove off by the boiling rage he held towards his father for the wrongs of the past. My belief is that, not only was Chris perfectly sane but, others held no blame for the path he chose to take. I perhaps that it was something inside Chris that led to such actions. I think that, potentially because of childhood issues, Chris showed many signs of schizotypal
Into the Wild introduces us to Chris McCandless, also known as Alex Supertramp, an intelligent young man from a wealthy family, who hiked into the Alaskan wilderness to his ultimate demise. When the story of this young man was published in Outsider, the magazine for which the author of this book wrote, many other similar stories to that of McCandless’s arose. A young boy, Johnathan Croom, had a fascination with McCandless’s journey. In August of 2013, the boy was found deceased in the woods.
the physical traits of an explorer and not the emotional aspects. An explorer does not necessarily have to go out and travel, but the emotional aspects can lead to just that. Jon Krakauer demonstrates what Chris McCandless intentions were to go to Alaska and what might have caused it. McCandless was someone who achieved in everything he did (“Wild Thing”). He was very blessed with the materialistic things of the world; he lived in a wealthy home and had many privileges that would help him succeed
other people, history, or literature. You could pick any person on this planet and trace their choices back to some sort of influence. For example, Chris McCandless, the main character of Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer, left home in order to hitchhike around the country and survive in the wilderness. Despite what many would say based upon his decisions, Chris was an intelligent and well-read man. He incorporated the ideas and philosophies of his favorite authors and their literary works, of which included