America is a young country that just under 250 years ago was a huge expanse of uninhabited wilderness. Yet, in a short time it has become one of the most industrial and materialistic ones, with some of the biggest and most commercial cities. There’s no reason to wonder why some people may want to experience life how it used to be, in a way less influenced by the ideals and interests of society. This truth can be a valuable thing, but it certainly not the most desirable or life-fulfilling. Only someone who has been supplied with all else: love, wealth, fame, would think that it is. Living without affection from others, without economic means to survive, without any recognition, is one of the most honest and direct ways to live, but it does not make up for what you will miss out on.
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He Grew up in a affluent family where all his economic needs were met and had argumentative but loving parents. He felt that this way of life was a lie and rejected it, leaving behind his family to travel across the country. He was looking for something that was more sincere than his parents love that they expressed through buying and providing for him, something that made them be symbols for everything he disdained about mainstream society. McCandless ultimately found it in the people that he found along his travel, but he believed that he did not. It didn’t matter to him that Rainy admitted that he saved his and Jan’s marriage, that Jan told him about her past and wanted to be like a mother for him, or that Ron wanted to adopt him. Even though the relationships he formed with these people happened with all sincerity and made McCandless become who he was, he was convinced that the only way to find truth was to be
He Grew up in a affluent family where all his economic needs were met and had argumentative but loving parents. He felt that this way of life was a lie and rejected it, leaving behind his family to travel across the country. He was looking for something that was more sincere than his parents love that they expressed through buying and providing for him, something that made them be symbols for everything he disdained about mainstream society. McCandless ultimately found it in the people that he found along his travel, but he believed that he did not. It didn’t matter to him that Rainy admitted that he saved his and Jan’s marriage, that Jan told him about her past and wanted to be like a mother for him, or that Ron wanted to adopt him. Even though the relationships he formed with these people happened with all sincerity and made McCandless become who he was, he was convinced that the only way to find truth was to be