Chris McCandless always seem to make his efforts in finding peace so prominent throughout his life. He was distant,intelligent, calm. People didn't believe his plan about taking an adventure out in the wild. In chapter 3 McCandless said "I think I'm going to disappear for a while. " His intention wee clear yet nobody nobody suspected he'd go off into the wild.
As a kid he had many good friends yet spent lots of time alone in nature. Chris went from state to state hitchhiking to wherever he was inclined to go. When hitchhiking he endured as a passenger but due to McCandless’ loving personality he left the car as a friend. He continued to keep in touch with all the people who picked him up and talked to them every month or two. Despite the close relationship he had with people he just met, he “had fled the claustrophobic confines of his family” (Krakauer 87).
How can one person be the same but be different at the same time? In the novel, “Into the Wild”, author Jon Krakuaer shares how Chris Mccandless was able to change himself into a man known as Alex Supertramp. After Chris Mccandless graduated from college he made the decision to leave everything behind and travel alone with no money, gear, or responsibility to anyone or anything. Slowly over time Jon Krakuaer reveals characteristics of Mccandless that showed how he became a different man at the end of his life.
With the circumstances considered , Chris McCandless was justified in leaving his family without heads up because he simply wanted to be happy. The first reason he was justified in his decision was that he should make his own choices and do what he enjoys doing. Chris had a passion for wilderness and nature, he loved spending time outdoors alone, and he liked to travel. On page 33 Chris wrote a letter to a guy named Wayne Westerberg saying; “The freedom and simple beauty of it is just too good to pass up”.
Mccandless’ Odyssey of Solitude “To go into solitude, a man needs to retire as much from his chamber as from society” , Emerson on Nature. In the biographical narrative, Into the Wild, by Jon Krakauer, Chris McCandless, an unprepared teenager, walks into Denali, Alaska and never returns. After McCandless’ body is discovered in Fairbanks Bus 142, Jon Krakauer follows McCandless’ footsteps in an attempt to learn what he did and why. Krakauer discerns that McCandless’ ideas and philosophies were closely aligned with the teachings of Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau. Both Emerson and Thoreau are pioneers of Transcendentalism, the belief that the reality of oneself is discovered through nature.
Over the course of our lives we come and go through many rough obstacles which ultimately define what kind of person we will be for the rest of our life. While reading Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer many mixed emotions ran through my mind, the main one; what was Chris McCandles? After reading in depth about his family background and amazing adventures I found my answer. Chris McCandles is a dreamer, he is rebellious, and lastly, brave. Dreams are meant to be conquered no matter how impossible they might seem.
Chris McCandless was a man who was unhappy with the society he lived in. He hated when his parents bought him expensive things, like cars, when there were people in the world that can't afford to feed themselves. He also dealt with that fact that his father was having children with his old wife when he was married to another woman, which greatly upset Chris’s opinion of his father. Another person who was upset with the society he lived in was William Wallace.
Chris McCandless died in 1992 in the Alaskan wilderness, through the jumbling shadows of differing opinions, a white light emerges that reveals Chris as an idealistic young man who took the news of his father's infidelity as a symbol that all the the world is cruel and dark. His actions cannot be easily classified, he was too charismatic to be an outcast, too smart to be stupid, and too in love with nature to be a sociopath. Chris McCandless was confused, idealistic young man who’s unbelievable drive lead him to unbelievable feat, which resulted in his unfortunate demise. McCandless was born into an affluent family in washington DC. He lived a relatively normal life with what he thought to be his only sister, and both of his parents.
I think Chris McCandless felt unfufilled in his life of privilege, and wanted to go out and experience life how he wanted to for awhile, and live freely. Chris may even still be alive today, had he been more prepared. Chris McCandless has always been a bit of a rebel. His spiritual awakening, has led him to quit society. He
He was an intense being who didn’t take anything lightly. McCandless was bothered by simple things like the “necessity” to own the latest and prettiest thing, like a car. If something or someone troubled Chris, he couldn’t just brush it off. His father’s adultery and the things expected of him were too much to handle for an idealist like himself.
He went into the wilderness to experience adventure and to find things he was searching for; nature, the path to happiness and freedom. Chris’ determination, self will, pursuit of happiness and the urge to break free are all explored. He did everything he could, so people wouldn’t be able to find him. Changing his name to Alex Supertramp, eliminating everything he had, and only taking things that he needs. Jon Krakauer's “Into the Wild” is an excellent book about how McCandless traveled to Alaska, and how he conquered his dreams.
Chris Mccandless Chris Mccandless was a bright young man, who graduated college. He was a hard worker, who was brave, and adventurous. His adventurous side took him on a journey into the wild as he hitchhiked his way to Alaska, where he planned to endure off the land. He met a bunch of people on his way who grew to care very deeply for him. When he left his home, he hurt his family, who did not know of his whereabouts till his end.
Chris McCandless a man of curiosity, adventure, and almost enough strength; what went wrong, let’s take a step back to his life some months prior to his death. McCandless was rebellious,too rebellious, adventurous and had quite the odd social life compared to the average person. Chapter 9, Into The Wild, epigram fits into McCandless’s purpose for adventure because the letter from Everett Ruess begins with him explaining love for the wilderness and not wanting to return to society. He tells about his preference for the sky as his roof and prefered “..the unknown, to any paved highway.” Meaning he likes the challenge and adventure.
By changing his identity and leaving society, he felt he was shedding the fake elements of his past and evolving into a person he wanted to be. Chris McCandless did not depart on his transcendental quest to die, he ventured into the wilderness to kill the disappointments of his
Chris wanted to get away from society and live his life with no rules, “He’d tell us to think about all the evil in the world, all the hatred and imagine ourselves running against the forces of darkness…” (Pg. 112). Nobody knew what Chris was searching for, and Chris himself probably didn’t know at times what he wanted either. Other then just wanting to go to Alaska, he did not have a great bond with his parents, “I’m going to let them think that I’m 'coming around to see their side of things,' and that our relationship is stabilizing” (Pg. 64). Chris wanted to abandoned his parents from his life because he felt that they didn’t think a like as him and thought buying him new things will satisfy him.
