Into the wild
Even though McCandless had it all, he wanted something he never felt; Freedom. He wanted to escape from all the abusive treatment from his abusive father and harsh humanity. He also liked Alaska which is where his journey took place for the most part. McCandless decided that he would donate all of his fortune to charity and begin his journey “Into The Wild”. One reason that led McCandles to make the decision of leaving was to pursuit freedom. I believe this because the book stated that "McCandless was thrilled to be on his way north, and he was relieved as well—relieved that he had again evaded the impending threat of human intimacy, of friendship, and all the messy emotional baggage that comes with it. He had fled the claustrophobic confines of his family. He’d successfully kept Jan Burres and Wayne Westerberg at …show more content…
Krakauer mentioned that "The heaviest item in Mccandless's half-full backpack was his library... titles by Thoreau and Tolstoy and Gogol..." (page 162) These authors have journeys of their own that influenced McCandless to follow them. Sadly McCandless was unprepared for this adventure and couldn't survive. Tolstoy's beliefs were that people should live off the land, practice chastity, refrain from owning private property and using money. Chris seemed to be strongly influenced by these ideals and showed it throughout the book. In chapter 3 the author claims that McCandless had received "a forty-thousand-dollar bequest left by a friend of the family;" the money had paid for the final two years of his education at Emory University in Atlanta, and at the time of his graduation, "more than twenty-four thousand dollars" remained in Chris's account. Chris's parents had assumed that he would use the remaining money to go to law school, but to their surprise, they soon found that he had donated the entire sum to OXFAM America, "a charity dedicated to fighting
Even though McCandless had it all, he wanted something he never felt; Freedom. He wanted to escape from all the abusive treatment from his abusive father and harsh humanity. He also liked Alaska which is where his journey took place for the most part. McCandless decided that he would donate all of his fortune to charity and begin his journey “Into The Wild”. One reason that led McCandles to make the decision of leaving was to pursuit freedom. I believe this because the book stated that "McCandless was thrilled to be on his way north, and he was relieved as well—relieved that he had again evaded the impending threat of human intimacy, of friendship, and all the messy emotional baggage that comes with it. He had fled the claustrophobic confines of his family. He’d successfully kept Jan Burres and Wayne Westerberg at …show more content…
Krakauer mentioned that "The heaviest item in Mccandless's half-full backpack was his library... titles by Thoreau and Tolstoy and Gogol..." (page 162) These authors have journeys of their own that influenced McCandless to follow them. Sadly McCandless was unprepared for this adventure and couldn't survive. Tolstoy's beliefs were that people should live off the land, practice chastity, refrain from owning private property and using money. Chris seemed to be strongly influenced by these ideals and showed it throughout the book. In chapter 3 the author claims that McCandless had received "a forty-thousand-dollar bequest left by a friend of the family;" the money had paid for the final two years of his education at Emory University in Atlanta, and at the time of his graduation, "more than twenty-four thousand dollars" remained in Chris's account. Chris's parents had assumed that he would use the remaining money to go to law school, but to their surprise, they soon found that he had donated the entire sum to OXFAM America, "a charity dedicated to fighting