Into The Wild Chris Mccandless

After McCandless goes into the wild he writes this quote. This quote conveys the author’s message because it shows how proud Chris is to be in the wilderness without his belonging. This quote shows hoe happy and proud McCandless is of his Alaskan adventure.It also shows that even though he thuroughly excited about surviving in the wild he also plans to rejoin civilization even though he describes it as poisonous, for he calls this his “final” adventure, which will “conclude the spiritual revolution.Even

He clearly admires Chris, not because Chris did something magical or changed the world, but because Chris reminded Krakauer of himself. Throughout the story, both Krakauer and Chris established many similarity traits. Krakauer also left his family and climbed the Devils Thumb in Alaska, “I was surprised, as always, by how easy an act of leaving was, and how good it felt” (136). Chris and Krakauer both left their families for the wilderness portraying their value of principles over people meaning because of their carelessness to think of others, intentionally or unintentionally hurting loved ones. Another thing Krakauer has in common with Chris is his relationship with his father.

Chris went through the burdens of everyday life while hoping for a more peaceful alternative. He refused the cognizant about the world around him and refused to involve himself with what he finds trivial. Instead he created his fantasy world in order to empower

2. On page 107, “He could be alone without being lonely.” Chris adored being alone, away from other people. It seems rational that this attitude was a basis of his later journey where he was unaccompanied for months. On page 109 “Chris was fearless even when he was little.” Chris wouldn’t have lived alone in the Alaskan wilderness for that long if he was frightened. At the end his behavior was the resolute by a lot of factors, but his fearlessness was definitely one of them.

Chris McCandless, as portrayed in the book and the movie, “Into the wild”, is quite an interesting character. After graduating, McCandless pursued his long time desire of escaping society by giving all of his saved up money to charity and entering the wild. Inspired by the literary works of famous transcendentalists, like Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau, McCandless put their teachings into action by travelling the American frontier, disregarding civil authority, burning his money, gathering food he found along the way, and living with friends he met, all for the pursuit of truth. Throughout the book, Chris McCandless demonstrates his anti-materialistic nature in several ways.

during his travels he made many friends with his charm and hospitality. Chris left an

Into The Wild Essay #1 Chris McCandless was, without a doubt, a reckless narcissist who brought pain to his family. There are many examples throughout the book that prove Chris takes unnecessary and avoidable risks that eventually cause his death. There are also many examples showing Chris to have this overwhelming sense of self-importance that causes him to care very little about other people and their feelings, especially his own family. His family has suffered and will continue to suffer a great deal because of Chris’s stubbornness, ignorance, and overall reckless behavior. To put it plainly, Chris McCandless’s death was selfish.

Furthermore, Chris has a problem with staying with people. Chris is constantly alone or want to be alone. Franz explains Chris’ excitement, "McCandless was thrilled to be on his way north, and he was relieved as well—relieved that he had again evaded the impending threat of human intimacy, of friendship, and all the messy emotional baggage that comes with it. He had fled the claustrophobic confines of his family. He’d successfully kept Jan Burres and Wayne Westerberg at arm’s length, flitting out of their lives before anything was expected of him. And now he’d slipped painlessly out of Ron Franz’s life as well." Basically, Chris has a constant want to be alone. He would leave Jan and Wayne, leaving Chris alone, and now Ron, a figure who he looked up to. This fulfills the last requirement of being a western

     Chris McCandless to me was a very intelligent but stubborn man. He didn’t care about how his family felt. All along his quest to the stampede trail Chris was kind to strangers and others but neglected the fact that his family back home worried about him. In the end Chris became at one with nature but realized that his surroundings (meaning family

Chris felt deceived and let down because of his father’s infidelity to both of his wives. Carine says in her interview with Krakauer, “When Walt’s double life came to light, the revelations inflicted deep wounds. All parties suffered terribly” (121). This is a perfect example of how the affair affected the McCandless family, thus giving him a major motivation to leave his parents. Another perspective of the father and son conflict in Into the Wild was between Chris and an elderly man that he met on the road named Ronald Franz. Ron Franz, whom was a father figure of sorts to Chris, felt a sense of treachery from his heavenly father, and this was all due to Chris’ elusion of close relationships. “I decided I couldn’t believe in a God who would let something that terrible happen to a boy like Alex” (60). That was a father son conflict on more of a spiritual level in the book, and it is clear that Chris had such a large impact on Franz. His impact on Ronald Franz was so compelling, that he even offered to adopt Chris, only to be rejected, which was also an underhanded sort of betrayal on Chris’ part. Krakauer added this element to the book because once there is betrayal, the casualty is

Along the way Chris met some people who came to love Chris and wanted to help him. However distracted by his goal he acted selfish to all the people in his life and he met because of one goal; arriving to Alaska. Chris’s act of selfishness made lots of people worried, first being his parents. Chris left his parents with just a note, no phone call as it states, “By… August 1990 Chris’s parents had heard nothing from their sons” (pg 22) Chris’s goal to live a transcendentalist life made him leave his family whom they loved. Chris’s act continued as he made his journey to Alaska. On his journey, he met lots of caring people. From hippies that gave him shelter and friends giving him a job Chris met lots of caring people. One notable person that helped Chris was a trucker named Stuckey, “I gave him my credit card numbers… I pleaded with him to call his parents… He said maybe…” (pg 160). Stuckey’s generosity was not enough to stop Chris from going to the wild in the end Chris ignored his advice and did not call his parents. Every person Chris met or was in his life; he acted selfish to only to achieve his goal to live a transcendentalist

Chris McCandless was a very unique individual. In Jon Krakauer’s book, Into the Wild, he tries his best to make sense of McCandless’ journey to the Alaskan wilderness. However, he never really figured out what McCandless’ purpose of the trip was. Looking at McCandless’ life throughout the book, I believe that Chris McCandless went on his journey to find happiness within his own life and did achieve it in the end.

Into The Wild was a tremendous story which Shaun Callarman did not have many positive things to say about Chris McCandless, the main character. He went on this adventure to find out what life is all about in his own eyes. He wanted to see how different living in the wild really was compared to society because he was not satisfied with his living arrangements and household. Shaun’s quote says that he thinks “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 ideas. Really, I think he was just plain crazy,” shows that Shaun believes Chris had no common sense in his doing for leaving society for the wild. I agree with Callarman’s position for thinking “ he had no common sense” and that he

In the book, Into the Wild, Chris shows a connection between himself and the nature around him. He is always seeking his next adventure to explore. Up until his last expedition, Chris was very successful in fulfilling his needs in nature. Chris threw himself into hard treks through the wilderness and always learned something on his way. I see these traits and many more also revealed in Steve Irwin, The Crocodile Hunter.

Chris is a charismatic young man, but takes extensive measures to ensure he does not become too close with anyone. By going out into the wild without so much as a letter to his parents,