Chris Mccandless In Michael Soto's 'Into The Wild'

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Michael Soto
9/15/2015
Period 4
Into the Wild Ap questions
1. After reading chapter 1 of Into the Wild, I have the impression that while he seems friendly, he possess a number of negative qualities. Chris seems to be very stubborn, and most of all overconfident. While Chris seems excited to go to Alaska, but is dangerously unprepared, and seems to overplay his experience, while refusing any help. “Im absolutely positive,” he assured Gallien, “I won’t run into anything I can’t deal with on my own” Page 6 Chapter 1. This example perfectly shows his arrogance. By saying this Chris shows how he believes he can take anything on, and is ready for the wilderness, he thinks he is invincible, and is incredibly confident in his survival skills. “Gallien …show more content…

What Chris meant when he had proclaimed this is that he wants to leave his current state of life and start fresh on this “Epic Journey”. On Page 22 Chapter 3 the story says, “Driving west to Atlanta, he intended to invent an utterly new life for himself, one in which he would be free to wallow in unfiltered experience.” “To symbolize the complete severance from his previous life, he even adopted a new name. No longer would he answer to Chris McCandless; he was now Alexander Supertramp, master of his own destiny.” In this quote it is explained, Chris wanted to abandon his old way of life to head west and start over, even changing his name.” I agree with his motivation for leaving as shown in this quote, Chris just wants to start over, and be free. Chris wants to live a life that he chooses, not his parents, hence why he even decided on renaming himself to what he wants his name to be, not his …show more content…

Chris had considered “Plastic people” as people who were primarily consumerist, the people who are superficial and only lived to make money.” McCandless explained to Burres that he’d grown tired of Bullhead, tired of people punching a clock, tired of the “plastic people” he worked with, and decided to get the hell out of town. “Page 43 Chapter5. I agree with Chris’s assessment in that in modern times, life seems to revolve around earning money and buying materials. Two things that Chris considers plastic are; socks “He always wore shoes without socks- just plain couldn’t stand to wear socks.” Page 40 Chapter 5, and soap “They started asking him if he needed some soap or anything. That made him mad-you could tell. But he never showed it outright.” Page 41 Chapter

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