Compare And Contrast Shepard And Chris Mccandless

(put an opening sentence here later lol) Christopher McCandless fled his family in pursuit of his own personal dream: a life in Alaska where he could live off the land- which resulted in his death. McCandless often discussed social and economical issues in his life, and it was surprising that he didn’t try to fix them, and instead escaped them. Adam Shepard conceived a plan to leave his current life and catapult himself to the rock bottom of poverty, and try to climb up to at least a moderate life. Adam Shepard was also puzzled with the social and economic issues in America, but unlike McCandless he decided to begin a project to test his own theories. Adam Shepard’s journey was considerably more meaningful than Chris McCandless’s trip and untimely death. In a sense of family relationships, both of their situations were by no means perfect. Before their journeys, the way they …show more content…
Chris McCandless’s journey was based around the escape from society and personal satisfaction. For someone who constantly rambled on and on about the social atrocities going on, he did little to try and fix it. Instead, McCandless ventured out into a simple world, where he would only have the pure necessities to survive. For Shepard, his project was to prove that anyone from anywhere can do anything with hard work and determination. Shepard discusses that his goal is “to better my lot and provide a stepping-stone over the next 365 days for everything else I want to accomplish in my life.” Adam Shepard knew in his gut that the American Dream is alive and out there, like ripe fruit for the taking. In the beginning of the book, Shepard even addresses in the beginning of his memoir that he had a few advantages along his journey: he is white, single, young, in good health, and had no children to take care of. Through his project, he proves that you can build your life from the ground up, as long as you work for