McCandless, so it seems, has a problem trying to separate his fantasies, or the unrealistic ideals, from reality. When he left his family and began the excursion he named himself Alexander Supertramp, which is showing more of his imaginative side. McCandless, like the uneducated and illogical self that he was, brought minimal food because he believed that he could survive off the bare minimum in the bush. “For that entire period he subsided on but five pounds of rice and what marine life he could pull from the sea, an experience that would later convince him he could survive on similarly meager rations in the Alaska bush” ( 36). This goes to show some more of his unrealistic ideals because no one can virtually live off the land and only bring 5 pounds of rice. He would then get high hopes that the food he brought with him would manage to last him the rest of the time he was out
McCandless, so it seems, has a problem trying to separate his fantasies, or the unrealistic ideals, from reality. When he left his family and began the excursion he named himself Alexander Supertramp, which is showing more of his imaginative side. McCandless, like the uneducated and illogical self that he was, brought minimal food because he believed that he could survive off the bare minimum in the bush. “For that entire period he subsided on but five pounds of rice and what marine life he could pull from the sea, an experience that would later convince him he could survive on similarly meager rations in the Alaska bush” ( 36). This goes to show some more of his unrealistic ideals because no one can virtually live off the land and only bring 5 pounds of rice. He would then get high hopes that the food he brought with him would manage to last him the rest of the time he was out