Into The Wild: The Mental State Of Chris Mccandless

He thought to himself that he must “henceforth will learn to accept my errors, however great they be”(114). Unlike most adventurers who seems to have lost their faith in crisis situation, McCandless was not someone who would turn his back on or even seek help from his parents, but rather he chose to find another way to survive. His courageous decision was what defines the ambitious traits as the Alaskan Wild Adventure taught him a lesson of independence and self- convinced that with his knowledge of surviving in the

Early on in McCandless’s adventure , McCandless meets a man named Jim Gallien who is an accomplished hunter and woodsman who says that “His gear seemed exceedingly minimal for the harsh conditions of the interior… “ (Krakauer 5). Galien, who likely knows what is necessary to survive in the wilderness, even worries that McCandless might be ill prepared for his adventure. This indicates

Chris McCandless is one of the most courageous people I have ever heard of. Not only did he go into the wilderness for several months; he also did this with barely any supplies in an attempt to prove himself. The book, Into the Wild, by Jon Krakauer depicts the story of a young man, Chris McCandless, who went on a journey into the wilderness to find himself. McCandless did not have a great relationship with his family and decided that he was going to leave home and embark on this trip in order to understand the true meaning of life. Although Christopher McCandless did go into the wild with very minimal equipment, he was not an idiot; Chris deserves to be admired for what he set out to do during this time.

Chris McCandless was crazy in search for freedom into the wild. He made poor decisions and was ignorant in a rebellious way which led to the execution of his own life. I agree with the author, Jon Krakauer that Chris, “…incautious to the point of foolhardiness.’’ Chris wasn’t ready or properly trained about survival which made him a fool to his own death.

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.

In many cases Alaskans took offense to McCandless underestimating the skillfulness needed to survive off the land. Many of them thought he was crazy and got lucky for lasting as long as he did. All the responses John Krakauer recorded that were written by Alaskans were replies to an article on McCandless in Outside magazine. This response is an example of how some Alaskans felt, “Personally I see nothing positive at all about Chris McCandless lifestyle or wilderness

In the film “Into the Wild” focuses on Chris McCandless's journey. McCandless was a man who felt the need to live an irregular life and set out into the Alaskan wilderness. He lived off of the land with a barely packed backpack. Shaun Callarman asserted that he didn't find McCandless’s journey into the wild respectable. Lack of preparation and a few big mistakes ended up happening in McCandless's life, and Callarman thinks he is absurd for trying to escape into the wild, when he just gets himself into a disaster.

Into the Wild, a book by Jon Krakauer, tells the story of Christopher McCandless. McCandless was a young man who felt the need to live an unorthodox life by living off the land. McCandless developed ideas about philosophy from Jack London. His education is greatly respected, although his perception of the meaning of life and his ideas about how to find true happiness are misunderstood without problem. McCandless felt that the only way for him to be happy was to venture into the Alaskan wilderness with nothing more than a bag of rice and a measly backpack. A man named Shaun Callarman stated that he did not think Chris’s venture was honorable at all. It was Chris’s poor preparation and big mistakes that costed Chris his life and Callarman thinks

He later on opines, “...I am exposed continually to what I will call ”McCandless Phenomenon.” People, nearly always young men, come to Alaska to challenge themselves against an unforgiving wilderness landscape where convenience of access and possibility of a rescue are practically nonexistent. I know the personality

In the novel, Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer; people think that Chris McCandless is crazy, but I think he’s just searching for himself before he can live his own life. Callarman stated that “ He had no common sense, and he had no business going into Alaska with his Romantic silliness.” Long, C. (n.d.). I disagree with this because he’s not ignorant. He also mentioned that he doesn’t want to admire him for his courage nor his noble ideas, but people should be he took a risk to try and find his own person.

Chris McCandless was a person who wanted to get away from everything in his life.He is still talked about today for no reason. Many people want to hear and see his story in real life but nobody knows what was so special about a guy who went on a journey that he wasn’t prepared for. In Into the Wild, Jon Krakauer characterizes Christopher McCandless as a proud and self-reliant.

Chris McCandless was just a victim of his own obsession. The novel "Into The Wild" written by John Krakauer revealed the life of a young bright man named Chris McCandless who turned up dead in Alaska in summer 1992. In the novel, John Krakauer approached carefully McCandless's life without putting too much authorial judgment to the readers. Although Chris McCandless remained an elusive figure throughout the novel, I can see Chris McCandless as a dreamy young idealist who tries to follow his dream but failed because of his innocent mistake which prove to be fatal and irreversible. Still, Chris McCandless's courage and passion was something that we should all be proud of.

Jon Krakauer, the author of the book, Into the Wild only know about Chris McCandless is an explorer traveling to Alaska search for himself reborn. However he isn’t exactly what he really is, but an ignorant, foolish, selfish, and misunderstanding of the world in which he lives. These words that have been used to describe him are based on the idea that he went on a journey to the Alaskan wilderness to seek his own revelation, but not having a firm grasp of reality, he senselessly died a stubborn man, the people mention that he was unprepared to go into the wilderness, didn’t listen to a more experienced person, broken several of state laws, abandoned his family and loved ones, and followed a dream that never existed. Personally believed he is an ignorant fool, selfish, and misunderstand man that throws his life away for nothing but despair.

Introduction: Throughout the book of Into The Wild Chris McCandless is known to be a wacko reckless idiot, and is also known to be courageous and heroic. However does a courageous person go out into the wilderness knowing that the outcome will be fatal? People viewed him from different perspectives and also have broad range of opinions of this young man. Some deemed him to be incredibly dim-witted or a man that simply just followed his heart. Evidence shows that Chris McCandless is actually a mix of both. The first opinion that described McCandless was brainless, idiotic, and extremely foolish. Many passages from Into The Wild can support this outlook.

During his adventure, Chris McCandless rejected advice from concerned inhabitants who believed he was unprepared for the difficult journey ahead. These natives claimed to see guys “like McCandless, show up in Alaska, unprepared” (Christian 1). Without knowing when he would leave the Alaskan wilderness, McCandless was foolish in not bringing more provisions. He entered the Stampede Trail with the barest of necessities. When offering McCandless a ride, an Alaskan native named Gallien, noticed that “his rifle was only .22 caliber, a bore too small to rely on if he expected to kill large animals” (Krakauer 5). Gallien offered to bring him to a hunting store in order to get more reliable supplies, but Chris