Chris Mccandless

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How would you feel if you traveled far away, disappeared off the face of the earth, and never spoke to anyone again? On top of that, go on an adventure that’ll allow you to find yourself and experience life to the fullest. Jon Krakauer, the author of the novel Into the Wild, investigates the experience of Chris McCandless, a 24-year-old leather tramp, who disappeared and traveled to Nevada, California, Arizona, and Colorado. The last destination McCandless visited was Alaska, as it was a place that Chris had wanted to go to for quite some time. During Chris’s time in Alaska, Chris got into a bit of a pickle and was injured. Chris decided that the recovery would take place on a bus, not knowing that the bus would be his final stop. As the newspaper …show more content…

Chris didn’t have the appropriate equipment to get through the journey of the Alaska wilderness. Krakauer then goes into detail on how Chris, “Had no axe, no bug dope, no snowshoes, no compass. The only navigational aid in his possession was a tattered state road map he’d scrounged at a gas station” (Krakauer 5). Chris was quite frankly nothing but a headless chicken, Chris possesses nothing but just a map, and who knows how long that’ll be useful for. Chris thinks that with the map, it’ll be a walk in the park, but in reality, it will lead to nothing but a dead end. Krakauer then uncovers why Chris doesn’t like his family saying, “Since they won’t ever take me seriously, for a few months after graduation I’m going to let them think they’re right, I’m going to let them think that I’m ‘coming around to see their side of things’ and that our relationship is stabilizing. And then, once the time is right, with one abrupt, swift action, I’m going to completely knock them out of my life” (Krakauer 64). Additionally, Chris doesn’t value the family opinion and plans to be manipulative for personal satisfaction, and not caring about others

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