Chris Mccandless Research Paper

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Others say Christopher McCandless made a mistake for going into Alaska.One of those people was Shawn Callarman and he thought that "Chris McCandless was bright and ignorant at the same time.He had no common sense, and he had no business going into Alaska with his romantic silliness.He made a lot of mistakes based on arrogance.I don't admire him at all for his courage nor his noble ideas.Really, I think he was just plain crazy".The thing is that's just what Shaun Callarman thinks about Christopher McCandless.Everyone has their own opinion, but others may think Christopher McCandless was a kind man, he was a free spirit, he didn't care what others had to say about him he did what made him happy and going to Alaska was his choice and if he felt going there was the best move then everything should support him on his decision.

Chris McCandless did everything he put his mind to.He traveled throughout the country on foot to get to his destination no matter how hard it gets.McCandless was called crazy for all the insane things he has done during his life he went through a running waterfall. He also went rock climbing on a humongous mountain that many people wouldn’t dare to step foot on.Chris didn’t live like everyone else he lived for the moment.McCandless did a lot of amazing things just to survive in the
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Shaun Callarman went over how he did not admire Chris for anything he has done other would highly disagree with that statement.Many people do admire Chris McCandless the things he has done.Most people wouldn’t have gone through the idea of going across the country to find happiness.Others probably wouldn’t have got into random people’s cars to speed up the process not to mention Chris jumped onto a moving train.McCandless almost drowned because he went inside of a boat to get across the water.By reading all of the things Chris McCandless done throughout his journey to get where he wanted to be, then I don’t see how no one can admire him for what he has

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