Christopher McCandless was a young man who wanted to release himself from his idealist parents and society. He desired to be rid of all things materialistic and to be isolated in a place that was untouched by the civilizations of man. Chris believed that relationships were not important enough to keep him from going into the wild. At the end of the Christopher’s life, he discovered the value of relationships, and would have came back into society had he survived. McCandless was on the right path towards understanding the value of relationships, unfortunately, he was never able to express his new found information. Chris realized that relationships protect us, they defeat depression and loneliness, and they give us true happiness. Christopher
