Chris McCandless aka "Alexander Supertramp" has lived more in his twenty four years of life than most people dare to dream of in their lifetime. Alex heard the call of a wild as a young boy while on his camping trips with his dad, he had the knowledge of an old monk, and he was passionate about what he believed in.
At the start of the Book a man driving through Alaska picked up Alex and was driving him to his final destination the Alaska Bush, his dream was to go into the wild. The question that everyone wanted to know however was what drove him do this? Alex was always different as a child he had his own way of thinking , he was passionate , and driven. However his relationship with his family suffered, " Both father and son were stubborn …show more content…
He brooded at length over what he perceived to be his father’s moral shortcomings the hypocrisy of his parents’ lifestyle, the tyranny of their conditional love. Eventually, Chris rebelled—and when he finally did, it was with characteristic immoderation." chapter 7 page 46. Thought the book you see that Chris never really talked about his family and it was speculated that they didn't have a good relationship. Chris was driven to the wild by his father, they never got along due to separate views on life. When Chris found out about his fathers infidelity he was pushed over the edge more than he ever was. This initiated a radical change, using the drive and passion he already rich in he donated his collage trust which contained $24,000 dollars, packed all his belongings in his yellow Datson, and drove west without an itinerary and without telling anyone where he was going he was going on his Odessy. Like the author of Into the Wild explained "he intended to invent an utterly new life for himself, one in which he would be free to wallow in unfiltered experience. To symbolize the complete severance from his previous life, he even adopted a new name" that's right Chris McCandless didn't exist anymore, now there was just Alex Supertramp. Throughout his journey Alex made
At the start of the Book a man driving through Alaska picked up Alex and was driving him to his final destination the Alaska Bush, his dream was to go into the wild. The question that everyone wanted to know however was what drove him do this? Alex was always different as a child he had his own way of thinking , he was passionate , and driven. However his relationship with his family suffered, " Both father and son were stubborn …show more content…
He brooded at length over what he perceived to be his father’s moral shortcomings the hypocrisy of his parents’ lifestyle, the tyranny of their conditional love. Eventually, Chris rebelled—and when he finally did, it was with characteristic immoderation." chapter 7 page 46. Thought the book you see that Chris never really talked about his family and it was speculated that they didn't have a good relationship. Chris was driven to the wild by his father, they never got along due to separate views on life. When Chris found out about his fathers infidelity he was pushed over the edge more than he ever was. This initiated a radical change, using the drive and passion he already rich in he donated his collage trust which contained $24,000 dollars, packed all his belongings in his yellow Datson, and drove west without an itinerary and without telling anyone where he was going he was going on his Odessy. Like the author of Into the Wild explained "he intended to invent an utterly new life for himself, one in which he would be free to wallow in unfiltered experience. To symbolize the complete severance from his previous life, he even adopted a new name" that's right Chris McCandless didn't exist anymore, now there was just Alex Supertramp. Throughout his journey Alex made