Chris McCandless Essay

Wild describes the life of Chris McCandless and his journey in the wild to reach Alaska. After graduating college Chris McCandless had decided to abandon his life and venture out in the wilderness with a new identity and a place in mind. His motives to go out in the wild had to be influenced by things going on in his life. The influences he faced had inspired and motivated him to go out and form a new life away from his old one. Although some say that Chris McCandless was a risk taker and went…

Especially into a harsh environment. In the book and the short story, they both have some similarities and differences. First, the two characters were both warned that they were going into a harsh environment with less amount of food and equipment. Chris McCandless was burned all his money and abandon his car, he only carry a liter bit food and supplies, also happened to Tom Vincent; he thought he was tough, strong and thinking that he can reach his destination all the way by himself. Anther…

Chris McCandless persisted in being a difficult, unprepared young man with a dream. Along the way, he committed many mistakes which caused his accidental death. When Chris would be picked up while hitchhiking, the men would offer help or equipment which Chris would politely decline, he was negligent and altogether unprepared. We will never know if he would survive had things be different but common sense shows if you were prepared, difficult situations are handled differently. Chris McCandless…

Krakauer starts Into the Wild with telling us what happens to Chris McCandless as a result of his character traits. Chris McCandless was born to wealth, and was ashamed of that. Chris possessed many traits that made him a good man in this tragedy. He was smart, friendly, hardworking, and loved to talk. Krakauer gave readers insight on McCandless with quotes from people who had contact with him during his childhood and journey. Some of them were: “he read a lot and used a lot of big words,” (18),…

Existing isn’t the same as truly living. Chris McCandless, who would be about the age of my father, died at twenty-four. Prior to his death, he had the opportunity to truly live. All of his life, Chris’ parents managed his life for him, urging him to do things he didn’t want to do. Instead of going to law school, as his parents wished, he chose to abscond from their grip and dive into what he saw as the optimum lifestyle. Chris’ adventure allowed Chris to be himself, and although it ended…

of theirs. Chris McCandless and Adam Shepard both had a goal for their journey, however both were very different. Chris McCandless wanted to start over and abandon his previous life because his whole journey from home to Alaska was one big way to find himself. He felt like he did not fit in with regular society and he needed to escape from it. On the other hand, Adam Shepard performs an experiment to see if the American Dream is still active. He wanted to prove that the…

(put an opening sentence here later lol) Christopher McCandless fled his family in pursuit of his own personal dream: a life in Alaska where he could live off the land- which resulted in his death. McCandless often discussed social and economical issues in his life, and it was surprising that he didn’t try to fix them, and instead escaped them. Adam Shepard conceived a plan to leave his current life and catapult himself to the rock bottom of poverty, and try to climb up to at least a moderate…

Chris McCandless had a very unique response to life and society, even though he was a highly intelligent person. He was different than other people and what conducted him to his death was not an act of stupidity. Believing in ideals that were thought out to be just irrational but to him it was the way a person should live, without the corruption of material things. He pursued his plans extremely different than what the average person would but, that does not mean he was delirious to do what…

the points of view that explain how Chris lived his life and how the wild helped him realize and come through all the obstacles in his life and how hard he had to work out there in Alaska in the wild, Although the author wants to live a happy life when he steps into those woods but sometimes you can't compare mother nature to an ordinary life in the city with regular people and to be honest that was the cause of this man's death. Chris McCandless is the only responsible for his…

One of the many reason people move to Alaska is because of how much adventure is out there. Most of them seeking a rebellion of some kind and others just looking for an adventure. Many people find many reason Chris went into the wild, transcendentalism, his defiance of society and the domestic violence he experienced as a child. All of those reason are a what impacted to go into the wild. The transcendentalist way of life may be hard but some people feel it is the only way a person should…