chris mccandless and timothy treadwell

They say that you can’t change your fate. That the path you are supposed to travel is set in stone and the choices you’re faced with weren’t yours to be decided. Is it true? Are we really just a small part of something that a higher power thinks we’re too feeble-minded to understand? No, we make our own choices; we are in charge of our lives and have the ability to change our lives if we want to. And that’s exactly what Chris McCandless and Timothy Treadwell did. They weren’t happy with the life they had so they lied, changed their names, and abandoned the lives they had for something they wanted. One of the big things that Chris McCandless and Timothy Treadwell had in common was that they had troubled pasts, lied to the people they met, and changed their name. Although on a larger scale they changed and lied for different reasons, on a smaller scale they did it to get away from life they didn’t want so that they could finally live the way they really wanted to. They were both smart, McCandless went to Emmory and Treadwell went to Bradley on a swimming scholarship, only to lose it because of a back injury. A point in their pasts where they differ is in substance abuse, Treadwell had a terrible drinking problem and referred to his life with the bears as is “13 year sobriety plan”, McCandless never had any problems like that. Although it may not have seemed like it, they both had purposes for doing what they did. Treadwell wanted to protect the bears and educate people about them, but he still wanted to be involved with people. McCandless did it for himself, he wanted to escapes from society and his family who he felt he could no longer trust. Whenever McCandless felt people were getting too close he left, it was a defense mechanism, he didn’t want to be hurt by others like he was by family. Treadwell had only been hurt by alcohol and women that didn’t want him, but he still loved to be around people and experiencing life. But whatever the purpose or the