Chris Mccandless In 'Into The Wild'

Into the Wild
People are like wolves, together they are fierce, but the lone wolf is mysterious, powerful, and wise. Resorting to reclusive tendencies not only is the feeding ground for the deepest of intellectual thinking, but it also is the opening to the mind of one’s self. Anthony Storr discusses this type of principle. His principle states freedom from society and responsibility is the key to achieving the highest amount of creativity and obtaining invaluable experience. This is apparent in the story of Chris McCandless, a man who ventures into not only a journey into Alaska, but into a journey of discovering himself. He stripped himself from the entangling web of relationships most humans cannot live without, and he chose to go toward a path of solitude.
During his journey across the country, McCandless discovered more about himself and his family than his years spent in college. He always seemed to be in a rebellious mood toward his parents, because he felt they just didn’t understand him. He felt secluded in an environment full of people. Although his sister was his anchor that kept him from
It was in his last breaths that he realized what he was truly missing from his experience, people. In the end he contradicted all ideas he had before, and truly had a groundbreaking discovery. His epiphany made him realize how really important family and friends were.All the beauty he found, every skill he learned, and discoveries about himself he made didn’t matter, because he had no one to share it with. He wouldn’t have thought this way had he not gone on the journey. His hate for the dysfunctional relationship between his parents, and his secluded feeling would have kept him separated from his family mentally. The journey in which he was physically separated from his family made him learn how truly important they were. In the end he accepted who he was and called himself by his real