In the book ‘Into the Wild’, there is much 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
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.
for mankind. Countless people go into the wild to seek adventures and to learn about themselves each year. Many people have the misconception that people like Chris McCandless, the protagonist of Into the Wild, are hubris who act on sudden impulses. Yet McCandless is actually an amiable and cautious adventurer who is well-received in society but chooses to go into the wild to pursue his personal beliefs and is aware of the risks of his actions. McCandless has experienced both social and outdoor life
when you can just live comfortably at home. To others, it may sound like the best idea ever, Chris McCandless was one of the people who thought it was a great idea to go and live out in the road. He took it to an extreme and went out and lived in the Alaskan Wilderness, and now there is a story written about him, it is called “Into the Wild.” Into the Wild is a story about a man named Chris McCandless who ventures off into the wilderness of Alaska but before reaching his destination he stops by
wealthy, educated, and handsome, like McCandless was, it leaves people wondering how they ever came to such an end. Many of those that read the article from the magazine, Outside, immediately branded Chris McCandless as an arrogant idiot. Thousands of letters poured in just to express the contempt that the readers held for the recently deceased boy. There are many reasons that those who read the article detailing his Alaskan adventure felt such outrage towards McCandless. Perhaps it was because they thought
Henry David Thoreau. This quote describes exactly what Chris McCandless feels like, as he was form a higher class family and did rather well in high school and college. However Chris didn’t let his families wellbeing affect how he feels about life. Chris believed that life should be about self-happiness and love. Chris did everything he felt was right like burning his money, because in his mind he was right. In all realness Chris McCandless developed a life for himself based on the absolute necessities
Chris McCandless, a drifter, a pioneer, a visionary, an imbecile, all of which are used to describe Chris from person to person. Some say he was brilliant and brave for what he did. Some say he was rash and stupid for what he did. I meet somewhere in the middle of those two opinions. He was something of an open minded, brave man, but also rash and inconsiderate. Although, I believe his travels were a part of him as a person, I do not believe in his terms on which he conducted those travels. His
graduating from college in 1991, McCandless had roamed through the West and Southwest on a vision quest like those made by his heroes Jack London and John Muir. In the Mojave Desert he abandoned his car, stripped it of its license plates, and burned all of his cash. He would give himself a new name, Alexander Supertramp, and , by money and belongings, he would be free to wallow in the raw, unfiltered experiences that nature presented. Craving a blank spot on the map, McCandless simply threw the maps away
and has more guts to do something in his own life with make him Transcendentalism. Chris McCandless has believed on himself that he can live his life by his own rule. The main topic Chris McCandless running away from problem, Chris McCandless must be self-reliant an individual, Chris McCandless have the right even the obligation to break laws that we find morally wrong, Chris McCandless true wealth. Chris McCandless has ability to go beyond the sense and has more guts to do something in his own life
rebelling against society and to become something different – against the social norm. Like the Transcendentalists that Chris McCandless read about and look so highly at, he too wasn’t content with his life and wanted to know the meaning behind his existence. With the transcendentalist ideals in his head, Chris set off to find himself and rebel against human society. Chris McCandless wasn’t in the time frame of his life but of those he read about. In a time where there was still much to discover and