Character Analysis Of Chris Mccandless In 'Into The Wild'

In the story Into the Wild Chris McCandless was seeking wilderness to get away from everything. He was a son of wealthy parents with a lot of drama going on around the house, he wanted to get his mind off everything that made him crazy. He was seeking adventure. Kramer's statement supported McCandless bravery of living in the wilderness. He wanted to journey to Alaska, I believe he did this to find himself. Going through many obstacles he gained a lot of experience and I truly believe it helped him figure out who he was and what he was capable of. Before dying I think he had accepted who he was. At the start of his journey he had nobody, he did everything he could to try to reach Alaska. On his way he walked many miles and he also hitchhiked
facing many obstacles and meeting many new faces. Being on his own helped him build character and figure out what he needed to do to reach his destination of Alaska. Once he reached Alaska he started to fall apart. He began to notice it wasn't so easy to survive on his own, he began to face many challenges he was not ready for. I think he made the right choice by going on his own. It helped him begin a new life and go through many life changing experiences. Facing many trials and battling through them helped him gain many survival skills. Even though he made the right choice, I still believe that he should have prepared more before venturing off. Since his lack of preparation he ended up dying after due to lack of knowledge of the surrounding environment. McCandless was a real modern day Pilgrim, he traveled to his ¨sacred¨ land which was to him Alaska. "McCandless was thrilled to be on his way north, and he was relieved as well—relieved that he had again evaded the impending threat of human intimacy, of friendship, and all the messy emotional baggage that comes with it. He had fled the claustrophobic confines of his family. He’d successfully kept Jan Burres and Wayne Westerberg at arm’s length, flitting out of their lives before anything was expected of him. And now he’d slipped painlessly out of Ron Franz’s life as well." (Dieter F. Uchtdorf)
He also went for religious reasons like finding himself and expressing his creative side. Not many people actually stop their life and go travel and find themselves. He uses his problems as a getaway just like pilgrims would have. In my opinion he had made the right choice in going hitchhiking to Alaska. His family had a lot of drama that he needed to get away from. At the beginning he had no one but himself and it was difficult to deal with. He learned from it more about himself and it opened his mind to new experiences. He also learned ¨Happiness is only real when shared¨ which he wrote before he died .Into the Wild is a story everyone should read at some point and apply it into their own lives.