How Did Chris Mccandless Go To Into The Wild

What Led Chris McCandless Into the Wild? Upon reading Into the Wild, many wonder what made him drop everything in his life and hitchhike and go to Alaska. Since reading this book, I have to the conclusion that he went into the wild as a cause of the rebellion of his youth and risk taking tendencies. He was fairly young when he left home, and he decided he didn’t want to do “the norm” and rebelled against his parents wishes that ultimately ended up killing him. Chris was only 22 when he left home for his adventure. But before he did, he told his family shortly after graduation, “I think I might disappear for a while” (Krakauer 21). Even though his parents paid no mind to his announcement, his father replied, “Hey, make sure you come see us before you go” (Krakauer 21). And …show more content…
All he had was a backpack and in it was a Tolstoy book, a book about plants and berries from the area, 400 rounds of ammunition along with a rifle, a writing utensil and his journal, a camera, a 20 lb bag of rice, a small cooking utensil, matches, a knife, some fishing twine and a hook. These things are not nearly enough for what he was planning on doing in Alaska, he would’ve needed way more supplies. With this trip, he wanted to find himself and take a risk in his life. In a sense he was still growing and maturing; Chris still had a young, teenage like brain that was drawn to risk. “... some of what appear[s] to to be teens’ senseless choices may result from biological tendencies that also prime their brains to learn and be flexible” (Szalavitz 1). This clearly was a senseless choice on his behalf, and it might be pushing it from senseless to borderline insane. But still, it was his life and did what he wanted to and that made him happy. If he had taken the proper materials and tools with him along with precautions and common sense, he’d probably still be alive but with his teenage brain, he thought he could do everything by