Chris Mccandless Personality

According to the remembrance of his family and university friends, Christopher J. McCandless was a outwardly well-adjusted 21 year old at the time of his disappearance. Chris was a caring, nice and unique individual, but he also had a side that many people did not know about. "McCandless’s personality was puzzling in its complexity. He was intensely private but could be convivial and gregarious in the extreme. And despite his overdeveloped social conscience, he was no tight-lipped, perpetually grim do-gooder who frowned on fun. To the contrary, he enjoyed tipping a glass now and then and was an incorrigible ham” (Krakauer 11 5). Krakauer saw McCandless as a very interesting man with a great conscience, but still enjoyed taking time to have fun and enjoy himself. …show more content…
Asperger's syndrome is an autism spectrum disorder considered to be on the “high functioning” end of the spectrum. Asperger’s is common to autism and the studies show that “It is more common than autism, estimates for the United States and Canada range from 1 in every 250 children to 1 in every 10,000. It is four times more likely to occur in males than in females and usually is first diagnosed in children between ages 2 and 6, when communicative and language skills are emerging and settling.” Asperger’s syndrome is something to be considered of Chris. The characteristics of Chris McCandless pertain to symptoms of asperger's syndrome the reader finds evidence of Mccandless psychological issue in his problems with communication, social awkwardness and obsession with specific