Who Is Chris Mccandless's Ambition In Into The Wild

A shooting star darted across the sky, the candles on the cake blown out, it is 11:11 o’clock, time to make a wish. There are two types of people in this world, people who wish, and people who work. Wishing is easy, everyone can wish for something, anything. However, dreaming is different. Dreaming is when a person has an attainable goal in mind that they want to reach and are willing to do whatever they have to in order to achieve that goal. Dreamers are the ones who have the ambition to reach for their target goal. Chris McCandless, a young man who traveled across the country, unprepared, yet determined. The story Into The Wild, by Jon Krakauer, gives the readers an insight on Chris McCandless’s journey to Alaska, where the harsh conditions
Nobody was able to get into Chris’s way when it came to following his heart that was leading him in the direction of the Alaskan wilderness. The remarkable and intriguing story Into The Wild, convey’s Chris McCandless’s story as admirable and courageous due to his bravery and adventurous attitude.
Chris McCandless’s move to reject society is recognized as an admirable decision because it displayed his bravery to defy his parents and free himself from the physical and mental abuse. The story, The Wild Truth, gives the readers more of an insight of Chris’s past because it was written by his sister, Carine McCandless. The McCandless’s had a very rough family history. Walt McCandless was seeing two women at the same time and raised two families at once. As Chris’s senior year of high school was ending, he was determined to take off in his beloved Datsun immediately after graduation. He did not know where he wanted to go or how long he would be, and that angered his father. The two men got into an argument, Walt claiming that Chris was being “completely irresponsible”(McCandless, Carine). However, Chris challenged that statement by reiterating the fact