Chris Mccandless 'Quotes From Into The Wild'

Into the Wild Chris McCandless was a bright and well brought-up young man with a heart and urge for freedom - except this time, he took it too far. After Chris graduated from college, he traveled around the country and finally made his way to Alaska; he planned to travel into the woods and live out a life of total solitude and freedom, confident he could make it out alive. To the dismay of his loved ones, just a short 16 weeks later his body was found by a group of hunters. The autopsy had revealed starvation to be the cause of death. Though he brought very few supplies on his journey, he brought along books he valued to pass the time. Just like a lot can be told about a person based on what is found in their car or their purse, a lot could …show more content…
There are three epigraphs that give way to the most insight into Chris' life, and they can be found at the beginnings of chapters three, eleven, and twelve. The first of the three important passages Chris McCandless highlighted in the books comes from chapter 3, “ I wanted movement and not a calm course of existence. I wanted excitement and danger and the chance to sacrifice myself for my love. I felt in myself a superabundance of energy which found no outlet in our quiet life” (Krakauer 15). This passage comes from the novella, Family Happiness by Leo Tolstoy. During this chapter Chris finds work with Wayne Westerberg in Carthage, South Dakota at the grain elevator. This is where the epigraph first has any sort of relevance to chapter three. Chris was fond of one grocery, one bar, quaint little town a