Analysis Of Chris Mccandless In Into The Wild, By Jon Krakauer

Into The Wild was a tremendous story which Shaun Callarman did not have many positive things to say about Chris McCandless, the main character. He went on this adventure to find out what life is all about in his own eyes. He wanted to see how different living in the wild really was compared to society because he was not satisfied with his living arrangements and household. Shaun’s quote says that he thinks “Chris McCandless was bright and ignorant at the same time. He had no common sense, and he had no business going into Alaska with his Romantic silliness. He made a lot of mistakes based on arrogance. I don’t admire him at all for his courage nor his noble ideas. Really, I think he was just plain crazy,” shows that Shaun believes Chris had no common sense in his doing for leaving society for the wild. I agree with Callarman’s position for thinking “ he had no common sense” and that he

Chris was not at all an anti-social person. When he found the right person he could talk for hours. He made friends easily and he tended to leave a strong effect on people. Jan Burres states, " He had good time when he was around people, a real good time. At the swap meet he'd talk and talk to everybody who came by..."

Throughout his life, Chris McCandless always sought out adventure on his own. After graduating college he decided to seek a life worth living. Leaving all of his family and money behind him. Some may argue that Chris McCandless went into the wild because he suffered from a mental illness, but the real reason he left everything was because he wished to find his true self, apart from the materialistic lifestyle that he was raised in. Although it may be true that he was a bit off to live so selfishly and not pay any mind to others, people should consider the many relationships he maintained along his journey because it shows a lot about his true character.

In the novel, Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer; people think that Chris McCandless is crazy, but I think he’s just searching for himself before he can live his own life. Callarman stated that “ He had no common sense, and he had no business going into Alaska with his Romantic silliness.” Long, C. (n.d.). I disagree with this because he’s not ignorant. He also mentioned that he doesn’t want to admire him for his courage nor his noble ideas, but people should be he took a risk to try and find his own person.

For him, spending a year or two in the Alaskan wilderness was his way of doing that. In my opinion, Chris had every right to go into the Alaskan wilderness and Shaun Callarman had no business questioning Chris’ right to do so. Shaun Callarman talks about romantic silliness. “...going into Alaska with his romantic silliness” (Krakauer, 1997) At what point was Chris trying to be romantic? He was just trying to find himself and escape the life that brought him so much pain. He wasn’t on some grand quest for some romantic journey.

really like, some even concluding that he was crazy. Based off of the person who McCandless

a laid back manner which many people seemed to like. He was well respected in his village, but

Ever since he was little, he dreamed of living in the wild and finding himself. The wild gave him exultation because he was living out his dream. Many people cannot understand why Chris would give up all of his credential to live in the wild. They call him crazy and they can’t see what benefits his journey would have brought him. They don’t understand that he was challenging himself. Of course Chris took things to an extreme, but what he was doing was not wrong in any way, shape, or form. He wasn’t hurting anyone, he knew the risks that he was taking, he had a good head on his shoulders, and he researched the plant life of Alaska, and carried a rifle with him. Chris was trying his best to live as simply as he could. He wanted to be one with nature, and be able to appreciate every aspect of it. Although Chris’s journey did bring him exultation, it also brought him melancholy. His journey into the wild took a serious toll on his body both physically and mentally. As his physical state began to diminish as a result of the lack of food, he mentally started to diminish as well as he became somewhat depressed. He was felt trapped. He was sick and exhausted and didn’t have the resources to find a way out which did lead to his death. Even though his journey did lead to melancholy and his death, I don’t believe that Chris ever would have regretted his decision to go in to the

Chris was selfish because he broke many bonds with friends. He stopped taking the time to communicate with his friends that he met along the way. Quote postcard stop. In addition, he unkindly

Christopher had many reasons as to why he sought refuge in the wilderness. His father, Walt McCandless, had a continued affair on Chris’ mother, Billie. Chris, “got stuck on something [the affair], and couldn’t leave it be,” (64). One of the reasons Chris went Into The Wild, was to escape his troubles with his family. He also hoped to understand and forgive the sins and mistakes of his parents.

though. Chris believed he could do a lot with what he already which was not much at all. Chris

Some people may argue and say it was the relationship between Chris and his family that led him into the wild. I wouldn’t consider that a no because yes, him and his parents did not have the best relationship between each other. Chris found out that his dad had two families and that changed that relationship together, him and his sister became rather close. Everybody has family problems, people deal with them in their own way. Maybe Chris did go into the wild because of his relationship with his family, maybe not, he made his own

Christopher Mccandless left everything he had to follow his dream. Honestly though what strikes me as the most important thing he did was his strive for independence. Chris wanted to be free of his family, his education, and free of his past life. What he did that makes me wish I could be more like him though was his courage to not only attempt to be independent but his stubbornness to see it through. When he decided he wanted to do something it wasn’t a question of how should I do this or should I do this, It was what can I do to make this happen now? Instead of keeping his money and his name, he donned a new name and burned his money. Many would call this immoral and stupid, but in actuality it was just a step in the process of becoming a new person and shedding all the layers of his past life.

only way to begin to become the man he wanted to be. "I began to fend for

accepted by others, simply because he wanted so much to be what he viewed as