It has been many years since Chris McCandless was found dead in Bus 142. When he died, his story became public and widely popular, allowing many people to learn of his fatal story. He was known to have been a rubber and later on a leather tramp, while searching for the ultimate conquest of alaska. When he made it to Alaska, he wasn't prepared, which led him to his desperate and lonely death. This sparked the worldwide debate on whether he was stupid, or if he was just living his life. With all the information gathered, I believe that Chris made a mistake of going out into the Alaskan wilderness because he lacked supplies, didn't have enough knowledge of our natural survival, and he didn't have a map. One of the largest reasons Chris’s adventure turned fatal was because he lacked supplies like food. Hence …show more content…
For example, in the book ‘Into the Wild’, the author Jon Krakauer, talks about Chris’s experience with Jim Gallien. He says that when Jim was dropping off Chris, he noticed that he wasn't dressed for the weather. So, he gave Chris his work boots. This section of the book ultimately shows that Chris had no idea how cold the Alaskan weather truly is. To add to that, once Chris made it to Bus 142, he scavenged around for berries. Although Chris went to a university for a couple days prior to learning about foods he could eat, he still did not obtain enough knowledge. He memorized a couple of berries he could eat, which did help him survive for a while, but when those started to run out, he grew helpless. He was forced to eat things that could've killed him since he didn't have the proper knowledge of them, which sadly became true. He ate berries along with the nut inside, which turned out to be poisonous. The concepts of weather and naturistic food are the primary keys when it comes to surviving in nature, and Chris didn't learn any of
I think that Chris was very immature because he underestimated the power of nature and didn’t think of the necessary precautions. For example, he thought he could make it in the alaskan wilderness without a map or a compass. The text states “If McCandless had possessed a U.S. Geological Survey topographic map, it would have alerted him to the existence of a Park Service cabin on the upper Sushana River…” (Krakauer 196). I also think he was going on all these journeys to prove something to his parents or another person.
His determination to disconnect himself from society was given to him as he hitchhiked around Mt. McKinley alone and on the road achieving nothing but death. Chris McCandless’s life on the road came to an end four months after he
They may think that he was idiotic for thinking he would be able to survive in the Alaskan wilderness. While others believe he had a point and purpose in what he was doing. After reading Into the Wild and watching the Return to the Wild documentary, I’ve come to believe that Chris was indeed justified in his actions. For good reasons. He had a traumatizing stage in his childhood that caused him to have hate for
According to Jim Gallian, on page four, “He wanted to walk deep into the bush and ‘live off the land for a few months.’ ” This shows the fact that Chris wanted to just go straight into nature away from everyone else. Being away from civilization also made it to where he could just truly be himself without being judged or looked down upon. Chris was also an adult who is allowed to make his own choices with his life as long as it doesn’t harm himself intentionally or
Chris Mccandless was inspiring, but others felt that he was not really notable. Chris is a man that went through lot from his parents' divorce and his father action at the house. One day Mccandless stop going to college and went on to pursue what he thought what will make him happy. Chris travels throughout the USA and love it, then he deiced that he wanted to go to Alaska so he can go into the wild. Mccandless has some bad characteristic that leads onto this death.
“He needed money to buy some new gear… I even pfferd to buy him a plane ticket to Fairbanks” (Page 6). This evidence shows Chris arrogance, because he was donating all his money (over 20k), giving away, then later on burning and burying his essentials he could have used throughout his journey because he didn't think he needed it, leading to his downfall. This reveals thoughout his journey, Chris was given opportunities to receive help and use his tools and money to his advantage, but he refuesed because of his independent nature and arrogance, not thinking he would need these vital supplies, and help from
Chris wanted to find himself, and he knew nature would be the place to do that. People will disagree, saying he should have at least let someone know where he would be, but if he did, his family would have found him and it would all be for nothing. I will be explaining
Alaska is a place of extreme weather easily reaching into the negatives. So what did Chris do to prepare for this insane idea of living off the land in this mess? Chris brings with him a 10lb bag of rice, a guide of edible plants in the area, a camera, and a 22-caliber rifle. So Chris was not well prepared for this feat and while he was intelligent he was not a wilderness expert. Of course, Chris knew he could have prepared better but he stupidly turned down the people that tried to help him.
Chris died on August 18, 1992. His long journey believed to come to an end due to starvation. He had no idea where he was or what was surrounding him. Chris had no food or no drink and he had no way to communicate with anyone. “It is common sense to bring a map while hiking” .
Chris made his trip very hard,he was divorcing everything out of his life and living primal. Chris burnt all of his money, he didn't bring the proper clothing for the weather of Alaska, and did not pack much food. On page 56 Chris wrote a letter to Ron encouraging him to do what he had done and live a full life of adventure. Ron did take Chris’s advice and what if Ron did get hurt or even dead like Chris, He was influencing people to take the risk of their life and putting others in danger, even after his death people wanted to live a life like
Chris McCandless was in his early 20’s, he was the kind of that guy that wanted to learn and experience life without all of the material things. He wanted to be independent from his parents and friends so Chris did something that would be insane for most of us humans but to him, it wasn’t. He went into the wild of Alaska for months, in fact, McCandless even thought he could make it out alive at the end of his journey. As a matter of fact, he was known as being a risk taker and enjoyed being out and about in the nature side of the world. Many would believe that Chris McCandless went into the wild to purposely kill himself; however, I myself believe that McCandless did not do it purposely.
Bringing a map, keeping some money with him, accepting items that people offered him, and many more factors contributed to his death. Dozens of predictions were made on how Chris died. Jon Krakauer wrote an article in the New Yorker specifically on how Chris died. “The probable cause of death, according to the coroner's report, was starvation.” (Jon Krakauer “How Chris McCandless Died”)
Into The Wild was a tremendous story which Shaun Callarman did not have many positive things to say about Chris McCandless, the main character. He went on this adventure to find out what life is all about in his own eyes. He wanted to see how different living in the wild really was compared to society because he was not satisfied with his living arrangements and household. Shaun’s quote says that he thinks “Chris McCandless was bright and ignorant at the same time. He had no common sense, and he had no business going into Alaska with his Romantic silliness.
He made a lot of mistakes based on arrogance. I don’t admire him at all for his courage nor his noble ideas. Really, I think he was just plain crazy,” shows that Shaun believes Chris had no common sense in his doing for leaving society for the wild. I agree with Callarman’s position of thinking “ he had no common sense” and that he was “bright and Ignorant” because Chris thinks he did not have much to offer in his society, ditched all his possessions to take a trip into the Alaskan Wilderness and did not have much common sense or survival skills. Chris McCandless was very courageous for ditching all his possessions to take a trip in the wilderness.
Chris McCandless was a college student with a need for adventure. On April 28, 1992, he left on a journey which would lead to the end of his life. After news of his death had reached public ear, most people came to the same conclusion: Chris McCandless was an uneducated, arrogant boy who went on a journey seeking death. However, in the novel Into the Wild, Jon Krakaur portrays Chris McCandless’ transcendental quest as a journey full of wonder. Throughout the novel, Krakaur defines McCandless as an intelligent, hard working, determined young man.