Character Analysis Of Chris Mccandless In Into The Wild

Chris McCandless is a man who chose to run away from society because he was tired of it’s corruption, turpitude and people’s dishonesty. He always had a dream to go into the wild and live off of the land. Chris was upset about the direction his life was going in. He knew he had everything any other person would want in life, he graduated college, didn’t have to deal with the struggle of paying for anything because his parents were wealthy. He didn’t want to be like his father, a man who had many affairs, got drunk, beat his wife and puts his reputation before his family.
Humanity also played a big part in the reason why he decided to go to Alaska. He seemed to be upset about a lot of things in his own perspective way of life. Chris was upset at parents because he was
He entered into the wilderness with low equipped materials with just 10 pounds of rice, hiking boots and a small rifle. He endures physical extremes in the wilderness which contributes to his realization and enlightenment. Throughout his adventures in the wild, however, Chris becomes a fanatic and physically deprives himself. “Two years he walks the earth. No phone, no pool, no pets, no cigarettes. Ultimate freedom. An extremist”(Krakauer 163). He adventures in the wilderness of Alaska and isolates himself from the world to realize his dream of life without material possessions. Also, it is a coincidence that Chris donates $25,000 in savings to a charity that worked for starvation and it ultimately was the reason for his own death. “Starvation is not a pleasant way to expire. In advances stages of famine, as the body begins to consume itself, the victim suffers muscle pain, heart disturbances, loss of hair, dizziness, shortness of breath, extreme sensitivity to cold, physical and mental exhaustion”(198). He, however, died due to eating a poison