Into The Wild: Chris Mccandless The Fool

From my point of view I disagree with Callarman’s opinion on Chris McCandless about how he was fool and an arrogant fool. The reason for my disagreement is because I believed Chris had reason for his “journey of solitude.” I have also gathered concrete details that defends my statement for his behavior. It is our judgement and ideals created by society that caused people like McCandless to drift away. He should not be portrayed as a madman without a proper reason or fact. One of the reason I believe he is a sane man is because he didn’t like society and wanted to become free from the chains of society. In the beginning of the book, Chris tries to get away from society by hitchhiking and gets a lift from a man named Jim Gallien on his way to the Alaskan Wilderness. Gallien saw that he had little supply to live off in the wild but the reason for it is because he wanted to experience the wildlife and be a part of it. Chris is also shown to have had difficulty in his social life during his time at Emory University.(Pathos) Krakauer said that when people …show more content…
An example of his passion of the wild was when after he graduated from high school he went to take a trip to the Pacific Coast and ending up in the Mojave Desert where he nearly almost died from dehydration and even made him lose thirty pounds. When he got back home to Annandale, his sister, Carine, said, “ He was so thin, He looked like those paintings of Jesus on the Cross” (Page 118). Even after this horrific incident he still felt the urge to live out his dream of the wild. He was influenced by famous writers such as Henry David Thoreau, Jack London, and Leo Tolstoy. These writers influenced through their stories of solitude and adventure but the funny thing was they never left the safety of their homes (Irony). This influenced kept with him all the way through college and was one of the reason he went