Was Chris Mccandless Justified?
Chris McCandless, is he crazy or did he have justification? In the book Into the Wild, Chris McCandless deserted all his possessions and all of his money and set out on a journey to Alaska, that would eventually kill him. Some may believe that Chris McCandless went into the wild because of pure ignorance, but the main reasons are family problems and the desire to see and experience
I firmly believe that the reason that Chris McCandless went into the wild was because of family problems. Chris was abused by his father and his mother allowed it. In chapter 11, it says “Chris’ smoldering anger, it turns out, was fueled by a discovery he’d made two summers earlier during his cross-country wanderings….. Chris pieced together the facts of his father’s previous marriage and subsequent divorce” (121). This, I think, is the main reason that Chris’ life was changed because shortly after he found out his dad was living a double life he became very rebellious. Not only did this discovery make him go into the wild but it also made him a very different person. …show more content…
I think that these writers had an influence on him and thus made him feel compelled to plunge into the deep Alaskan wild. Jack London’s short story, To Build a Fire, is very similar to Into the Wild. The main character was in the wild in very cold temperatures and ended up dying. I think this could have had a huge impact on his life and decisions as well as other teachings. Chris was also a huge fan of Tolstoy. Tolstoy believed in being one with nature, this could have been a huge factor in the life of McCandless. He thought very highly of these writers and that could have been his destiny. I think that he had it in him that he needed to be one with nature and that he just took it way too far by going into the freezing wilderness with a limited amount of gear to survive. When he was offered gear, he
I firmly believe that the reason that Chris McCandless went into the wild was because of family problems. Chris was abused by his father and his mother allowed it. In chapter 11, it says “Chris’ smoldering anger, it turns out, was fueled by a discovery he’d made two summers earlier during his cross-country wanderings….. Chris pieced together the facts of his father’s previous marriage and subsequent divorce” (121). This, I think, is the main reason that Chris’ life was changed because shortly after he found out his dad was living a double life he became very rebellious. Not only did this discovery make him go into the wild but it also made him a very different person. …show more content…
I think that these writers had an influence on him and thus made him feel compelled to plunge into the deep Alaskan wild. Jack London’s short story, To Build a Fire, is very similar to Into the Wild. The main character was in the wild in very cold temperatures and ended up dying. I think this could have had a huge impact on his life and decisions as well as other teachings. Chris was also a huge fan of Tolstoy. Tolstoy believed in being one with nature, this could have been a huge factor in the life of McCandless. He thought very highly of these writers and that could have been his destiny. I think that he had it in him that he needed to be one with nature and that he just took it way too far by going into the freezing wilderness with a limited amount of gear to survive. When he was offered gear, he