Into The Wild Chris Mccandless Differences

Throughout time there have always been a portion of people who do not associate themselves with society. They consider its customs and opinions with certain things to be barbaric, cruel, or even merely not for them. To be put very bluntly, they don’t agree with the customs or considerations which the people of their society have found to be superior. From this group, there then arises a particular portion which then takes their belief to another level and actually base their actions, and their destiny, off these differences of moral stances. Much to the similarities of John Waterman, Chris McCandless, or even Gene Rosellini, all three of these people, as well as many others, abandoned their previous life situations and took it upon themselves …show more content…
The main character, Chris McCandless, immediately following his graduation of college, abandoned everything he had: his home, his family, his financial future; and set out on an adventure he had believed to be destined for. Throughout the time he had traveled, McCandless had met and befriended numerous other people and, to much of his dismay, had formed personal connections and associations with them. After more time, McCandless eventually found himself in the woodland tundras of Alaska and, with all his ignorance, died of …show more content…
As taking these into consideration, it must be deemed to the initial question at hand, is life on the road for everyone, to be false; and subsequently, must be concluded that these particular people who take it upon themselves to live a life of solitary in isolation within the unknown forests and outlands of society, are in living so based on particular instances, and cannot be taken into account for all people. In the case of the second question, had these people taken the best course for themselves; could the life on the road be considerably “good” for anyone, it must be stated that this too is false; life on the road, given the contexts that it has been given, cannot be good for anyone. Perhaps initially, some time away from the general public and situational freedom may do some mentally stimulating greatness for particular people, but for the general man deemed in that state for too long, eventually its effects would work backwards, and ti put simply, would drive them “crazy”. However to those who do not associate themselves with society, they have, although potential stupidity and arrogance, also a gracious amount of bravery