Reflecting from this novel, it made me realize that what matters in life is the memories I have made, the people I have met, and the experiences I have faced. For example, I vividly remember the time I captured a horde of hermit crabs from the beach to keep as pets only to realize that they died after feeding them the wrong diet. I also recall the time one of my friends kindly brought me burnt Snickerdoodles after I caught the flu. These are the lessons and experiences that material possessions can’t hold a straw against, and Chris McCandless shares my sentiment. He didn’t care about his physical comfort because they were illusions of his happiness, and it was his journey through the wilderness that made him truly happy. In fact, he burned all of his money to take a nonconformist stance against society and materialism. My true destiny lies in the new experiences that manifests itself in an endlessly changing
Reflecting from this novel, it made me realize that what matters in life is the memories I have made, the people I have met, and the experiences I have faced. For example, I vividly remember the time I captured a horde of hermit crabs from the beach to keep as pets only to realize that they died after feeding them the wrong diet. I also recall the time one of my friends kindly brought me burnt Snickerdoodles after I caught the flu. These are the lessons and experiences that material possessions can’t hold a straw against, and Chris McCandless shares my sentiment. He didn’t care about his physical comfort because they were illusions of his happiness, and it was his journey through the wilderness that made him truly happy. In fact, he burned all of his money to take a nonconformist stance against society and materialism. My true destiny lies in the new experiences that manifests itself in an endlessly changing