Mccandless Journey
As he progressed on his journey he ran into many scenarios of ethical checkpoints. He strived to become a person who was to be an example for others because of his brave decision to veer from the path of life intended. McCandless exemplified the idea that, “The core of mans' spirit comes from new experiences” (57). This meaning that and McCandless advanced on his journey he had experienced many conditions that molded him into the person he became by the end of his journey, death. The death of McCandless held a impact and created a different view on if McCandless made the correct choice to go out into the wild by himself ill prepared. “It is the experiences, the memories, the great triumphant joy of living to the fullest extent in which real
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McCandless not only pushed away his family but refused to keep in touch as he went on a riskful journey. The separation of McCandless and his sister, who was one of the only important person in his life, created a emptiness in his life. The disassociation of McCandless and his parents on the other hand did not have the same impact on his life, in fact the opposite. Seeing as though his parents did not have the greatest relationship and McCandless also did not have a healthy relationship with them it led to him losing the importance to keep ties with them. His sister, Carine McCandless had proposed the opinion, “She pins the source of Chris’ pain, like her own, squarely on her parents. Ethically, was this right to do? “Sometimes he tried too hard to make sense of the world, to figure out why people were bad to each other so often”(??). Eliminating relationships because of the pain they caused to the individual is where McCandless gained his motivation to continue his trek. The people he met during his journey were significant and understanding of what he was doing and why he was. McCandless did not want to become close to the strangers he had met along the way, ethically this was
McCandless not only pushed away his family but refused to keep in touch as he went on a riskful journey. The separation of McCandless and his sister, who was one of the only important person in his life, created a emptiness in his life. The disassociation of McCandless and his parents on the other hand did not have the same impact on his life, in fact the opposite. Seeing as though his parents did not have the greatest relationship and McCandless also did not have a healthy relationship with them it led to him losing the importance to keep ties with them. His sister, Carine McCandless had proposed the opinion, “She pins the source of Chris’ pain, like her own, squarely on her parents. Ethically, was this right to do? “Sometimes he tried too hard to make sense of the world, to figure out why people were bad to each other so often”(??). Eliminating relationships because of the pain they caused to the individual is where McCandless gained his motivation to continue his trek. The people he met during his journey were significant and understanding of what he was doing and why he was. McCandless did not want to become close to the strangers he had met along the way, ethically this was