Analysis Of Chris Mccandless In Into The Wild, By Jon Krakauer

Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer, is a story and a film, about Chris McCandless, a 24 years old young man who wandered into the wilds of Alaska and spent more than 100 days in there, away from his family, friends and society. After observing Chris’s experiences and the decisions that he made throughout his life, I can conclude that Chris was a character who chose to be alienated and isolated by choice and not forced by others, because of his unwillingness to meet the expectations placed upon him by the society.
Even from the beginning Chris’s judgements were always different from the normal. In the story, Chris shares, "I wished to acquire the simplicity, native feelings, and virtues of savage life; to divest myself of the factitious habits, prejudices and imperfections of civilization;
... and to find, amidst the solitude and grandeur of the western wilds, more correct views of human nature and of the true interests of man. The season of snows was preferred that I might experience the pleasure of suffering, and the novelty of danger". In this quote, we can see that Chris wants to experience true human nature, he no longer wants to be a part of civilization, or be expected to meet society’s expectation. He wants to step out of the comfort zone, and venture

Especially, since he graduated with high honors from Emory University. Even after having the opportunity and the possibility of a successful future, Chris decided to give it all up and restarted his life as Alexander Supertramp. His sister even admits, “I understood what he was doing, that he had spent four years fulfilling the absurd and tedious duty of graduating from college and now he was emancipated from that world of abstraction, false security, parents, and material excess.” In this quote, we also learn that he does not like to consume a lot, instead he is a minimalist, which is the opposite of what society expects us to