Who Is Chris Mccandless In Into The Wild

Chris McCandless as depicted in the book Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer and in the movie of the same name by Sean Penn, was not ignorant and he did have common sense. He had every reason to go into the Alaskan wilderness and to say he had no common sense is ridiculous. He was definitely not crazy and his courage and noble ideas should be admired. He was a man that followed his dreams and did something that most of us wish we had the guts to do. What Chris McCandless A.K.A Alexander Supertramp did, was admirable and worthy of respect.

In John Krakauer's novel, Into The Wild, the reader is presented with a captivating character named Chris McCandless, or Alex Supertramp. Krakauer noted that if McCandless “wasn’t incompetent-he wouldn’t have last 113 days.” Although one could agree with Krakauer when stating that McCandless is not crazy, or an outcast, one could also argue that he is still incompetent in some ways, which is seen in how he interacts with nature, rather than with people. McCandless had a unique charisma and charm to him that made him get friends easily and as a result had a strong effect on people. The quote, “the more they talked, the less Alex struck Gallien as a nutcase,” shows how other people perceived him.

Chris McCandless did in fact have a goal in mind that he wanted to accomplish. In the book Into the Wild, Chris wanted to escape his family and set out on a journey that would change his life. Chris was trying to accomplish surviving in the wild on his own with none of his belongings except for his twenty-five dollars. McCandless was trying to prove something that no one else could do. Chris also made an impact on many people along the way also. A man that Chris meet wanted to adopt Chris because of the influence that McCandless put on him. But Chris declined and would continue his

In the article the background information of who he was and his family was given. In the movie Into the Wild it goes through all of his journey, the people he met and “Alex Supertramp” who was McCandless. McCandless did not have a reason to prove anything like Shepard McCandless only wanted to be happy. “If you want something in this life, reach out and grab it” (Intothewild). Chris wanted to be in Alaska so he did, everything he did was to reach Alaska despite everyone he meet and those who cared about him but left them, everyone he met knew his goal was to get to

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.

Chris was horribly misled by his heroes and I can prove that with the following reasons. First, on page 13 of Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer (e-book) the passage from Tolstoy’s Family Happiness is one example of Chris being misled by his heroes, “I wanted movement and not a calm course of existence. I wanted excitement and danger and the chance to sacrifice myself for my love. I felt in myself a superabundance of energy which found no outlet in our quiet life.”

Chris McCandless once said, “Tramping is too easy with all this money. My days were more exciting when I was penniless and had to forage along for my next meal. The freedom and simple beauty of it is just too good to pass up”. In Jon Krakauer’s novel, Into The Wild, views of whether someone needed money in life or not differed throughout the book. Jan Burres, who was a rubber tramp that picked Chris up off the side of the road.

Since the beginning of time man has learned how to live off the land. Over the centuries technology has advanced and humanity had slowly been accustomed to a much more luxurious way of living. In the writing of Jon Krakauer “Into The Wild” Chris McCandless is a peculiar, intelligent, and dauntless individual who tries to escape the modern way of life and attempts to challenge himself past his own limitations. Christopher McCandless is an 18 year old hitchhiker who sets off onto a great journey to find himself and experience a life that no human cares to live for. Chris McCandless, who is also understood as Alex McCandless, is an individual whose personality was “puzzling in its complexity”, but he could also be “convivial and gregarious in the extreme.

In the book, Into the Wild, Chris McCandless is a young man in that has lived a rouggh family life and just wants to be alone. He decides to take a journey to Alaska but goes to many other places before and placing a spot in everyone he meets heart. In Into the Wild, Jon Krakauer characterizes Christopher McCandless as an intelligent idealistic man and a great influence on others.

The people of the world feel Connected by the events that they have lived through. This is even true for Chris; he went through many bad things but came out a good person. In the documentary return to the wild, it was said that Chris could be isolated but never be lonely. He needed nothing (PBS). This gave an insight into his life when he was younger.

Relates to the book “Into the wild” because Chris took a big risk and didn’t take enough time to plan his adventure out too much. He thought he knew what he was doing but sometimes maybe taking advice from other people isn’t such a bad idea.

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.

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.

It was very unlikely for the friends he made to ever see him again as he was destined to live a life of isolation from society. On one of McCandless’s letter he wrote, “so many people live within unhappy circumstances and yet will not take the initiative to change their situation because they are conditioned to a life of security, conformity, and conservatism, all of which may appear to give one piece of mind, but in reality nothing is more damaging to the adventurous spirit within a man than a secure future.” I feel like Chris is trying to inspire people to live the life they want and

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