Chris Mccandless In Into The Wild

In April 1992 after almost two years tramping around the Western part of the United States, Chris Johnson McCandless hitchhiked into into the Alaskan wilderness without proper equipment and never came back out alive. Jon Krakauer author of Into the Wild the biography of Chris McCandless’s stated, that Chris’s personality caused him a lot of conflict during his short life. Chris hated being told what to do, yet loved to succeed and create his own path in life. Though some would argue that McCandless’s was childish and ignorant for committing foolhardy actions, he had rather reasonable motives.

McCandless was bright and a little ignorant. He was bright enough to not let anything get in his way of doing what he wanted to do but ignorant considering the fact he never took anyone's advice. I don't agree that he had no common sense and that he shouldn't of went to alaska. People are allowed to do what makes them happy and that doesn't mean they're not going to face things on the way. He did make a lot of mistakes but i believe it's because he couldn't get back, it's not that he didn't want to go back, he couldn't. He was crazy, crazy about life and freeness, can we really blame him for just wanting to escape and find

Chris McCandless, recognized as Alex Supertramp, was an imbecile that took advantage of other people for a goal the seem pointless. In Jon Krakauer’s book Into The Wild, he provided information about how most people think of Chris and also how he thinks of him positively on his goal. Throughout his journey, he has inspired many people to believe in his goal and to support him in achieving it. However, most people do not realize that he never achieved his goals and died to food poisoning in the Alaskan wilderness. Chris had a goal of going into the wilderness to seek peace and cleanse himself from society in an irrational way that eventually got him killed.

”(Krakauer 115). McCandless was usually an aloof person, but who could also stand out and could be quite ambitious.

Although Christopher McCandless was admirable for his inspiration, his journey was profoundly selfish. Along the way of this Alaskan Odyssey, McCandless met new people to collect into his contemporary family. McCandless has been an inspiration to many people, but has also crumbled the hearts of the ones that loved him. Maybe he was determined to pursue a life of independence; maybe he was determined to escape his shameful family. Christopher McCandless was a brave and courageous man, but does that make him right? Given the information in the book, it’s a difficult opinion to engender.

People considered Chris’ search for happiness crazy and insane, but that is just their opinions. Other’s opinions didn’t mean anything to Chris because he did what he wanted, and no one was going to stop him, no matter how crazy his goals were. He wasn’t just searching for happiness but as Krakauer said, “McCandless went into the wilderness not primarily to ponder the the nature or the world at large but, rather, to explore the inner country of his own soul”(183). Chris went into the wilderness to learn who he was and why he was that way, and in his search for his identity, he had to search for his happiness, as that is what he lives for. Chris went into the Alaskan Bush in order to live the way he wanted.

Chris McCandless was different from other people. His ideas were perceived as strange from the outside eye. Was McCandless crazy or was he simply misunderstood? Everyone has their own opinion on this question including Shaun Callarman. He believes Chris is “ just plain crazy,” however there is no hard evidence that proves this statement or completely backs it up. Callarman says "I think that Chris McCandless was bright and ignorant at the same time. He had no common sense, and he had no business going into Alaska with his Romantic silliness. He made a lot of mistakes based on ignorance. I don’t admire him at all for his courage nor his noble ideas. Really, I think he was just plain crazy." This statement says that he is ignorant and yes

Christopher McCandless was an adventurer no doubt. He spent the last few years of his life living purely off the land and exploring, doing what he felt called to do. However, to venture off on such an intense, dangerous, and wild journey, a person most likely has some deeply thought out reason as to why he or she is embarking on the mission. Chris himself seems to have had some reasons, besides his curiosity, as to why he explored. However, he made a decision to leave without truly thinking about just how dangerous his journey was going to be. Due to his rash actions, Chris eventually died in an abandoned bus out in the wild. Now, some folks today think that Chris was a hero for doing what interested him and for doing his own thing without worrying about the trivial things in life. However, I have reason to believe that Chris was indeed not a hero. Instead, I believe that Chris McCandless’s journey into the wild was rash, ludicrous and foolish.

I agree with Callarman when he stated, '' I think that Chris McCandless was bright and ignorant at the same time. He had no common sense, and he had no business going into Alaska with his Romantic silliness. He made a lot of mistakes based on arrogance. I don't admire him at all for his courage nor his noble idea. Really, I think he was just plain crazy.'' I'm in the same page as Callarman because I give McCandless the credit for the courage he had to go into the wild without anything just living how an animal would live in the wild. At the same time I think he just ran away from his problems instead of facing them.

Krakauer shows Chris’s good character with a conversation he had with Jan Burres. Krackauer wrote, “He was a really good kid. We thought the world of him when he left, we never expected to hear from him again, but he made a point of staying in touch…”(krackauer 42). When reading the book and hearing people talk about Chris you could tell that he really cared about people and what they had to say. Krackauer proves my argument by saying, “He helped me a lot… he watched the table when I needed to leave, categorized all the books… he seemed to get a real kick out of it…” (Krackauer 43). In an article I read about this boy who saved his brother was considered a tragic hero stated “He (the rescuer) went to grab Jordan first, who said, 'Save my brother…” (Reals). Jordan had good character by telling the rescuer to save his brother. Chris had the same good character but he made people feel heard and

Chris McCandless was a genius to some, but a madman to others. For years it has been a highly controversial topic. I believe that McCandless was mentally ill because he went into the Alaskan wilderness unprepared, knew that he may not return alive, and did not know how to survive in the wilderness.

Into the Wild, a book by Jon Krakauer and a film by Sean Penn,features the journey of christopher McCandless,the son of wealthy parents who graduated from Emory University as a top student athlete.However, instead of embarking on a prestigious and profitable career, he chooses to give his savings to charity,rid himself of his possessions, and set out on a journey to the alaskan. He made a lot of mistakes based on arrogance.I do not admire him at all for his courage nor his noble ideas.He had no business going into the alaska with him romantic silliness.I feel that what he had did was ignorance and not right in my opinion.If he was so smart with a college diploma then he should have been smart enough to realize that he didn't have to go to that extremeness of going into alaska.

Callarman’s argument from the book “Into the Wild” is that Chris McCandless made a lot of mistakes because he was arrogant and that he had no business going into Alaska with his Romantic silliness and he says that he was just crazy. I disagree with Callarman’s argument because I think that Chris McCandless (Alexander Supertramp) was not arrogant, I think that he just wanted to learn new things. I also disagree because I think that Chris did have a reason to go to Alaska or else he would not have done it even if it just to go because he likes nature, and I don’t think that he was crazy at the beginning but I agree that he did start to get crazy when he was stuck in the wilderness on the bus.

At the same time I believe Shaun about saying about McCandless that he was just plain crazy, I also believe that McCandless had a reason going to Alaska. I disagree with Shaun view that Chris had no reason going to Alaska because Chris wanted to get away from his parents , he wants to go on his own be his own self rather his parents on his back telling him what he had to with his life. But in the other hand why did Chris choose

If you attempted to talk him out of something, he wouldn’t argue. He would just nod politely and then do exactly what he wanted” (Krakauer 182). Chris did exactly as Carine stated he would when someone tried to stop his trip to Alaska. Chris understood what the trip to Alaska would entail but decided to continue anyway. He was confident in his abilities and constantly felt the need to challenge those abilities. According to Jon Krakauer, “He had a need to test himself in ways, as he was fond of saying ‘that mattered’. He possessed grand- some would say grandiose- spiritual ambitions” (Krakauer 182). Although Chris’s ambition is surely admirable it also could be credited as his tragic flaw. Chris strived for perfection in everything he set his mind to. He refused to listen to individuals who were trying to help him when saying he was ill prepared; instead he ignored their efforts and went into the wild. Chris’s unpreparedness could later be identified as the cause of his death but in his mind, his supporters would like to believe, it did not matter. Chris died doing what he loved, living in isolation with nature being his only companion.