Chris McCandless' Search For Truth in Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer

Chris McCandless was just a victim of his own obsession. The novel "Into The Wild" written by John Krakauer revealed the life of a young bright man named Chris McCandless who turned up dead in Alaska in summer 1992. In the novel, John Krakauer approached carefully McCandless's life without putting too much authorial judgment to the readers. Although Chris McCandless remained an elusive figure throughout the novel, I can see Chris McCandless as a dreamy young idealist who tries to follow his dream but failed because of his innocent mistake which prove to be fatal and irreversible. Still, Chris McCandless's courage and passion was something that we should all be proud of.

Chris is an Ignorant person for several reasons, such as the several poor misguided decision he made throughout his journey. In Chapter 8, Nick James an Alaskan native quotes, “Such willful Ignorant… amounts of disrespect for the land, and paradoxically demonstrates the same sort of arrogance that resulted in the Exxon Valdez Spill just another case of underprepared…”(72). This quote shows the Alaskan viewpoint of

In the brighter spectrum of Mr. Chris McCandless, is his deep and intellectual personality, shining through on most every occasion with cynical value or an interesting opinion every now and then. In Chris’s deep scholarly thought he decides to give up many things for his own self righteousness in attemp to make himself free of any evil or distraction as well as anything that may hold him down. As a younger boy in high school he proved his good Samaritan self by spending weekends taking to the the streets, spending nights with prostitutes, the homeless, and the addicts, feeding them and experiencing a little of what they felt. As I mentioned before he gave up what he thought would ruin his dreams and soil his life, he rid his life of luxury and wealth along with long-term relationships with people. As one of the things that he had apparently given up was the desire of sex and all of it’s evils, and proclaimed that his need was much to great for something so petty. Truly I believe traveling as a child with his family engineered a mind set within Chris that made him feel as if familiarity was just a weight holding him down from the flight toward his dreams. He also thought that being lost in such a superficial and trivial society could help no one

John Karkauer novel, Into the Wild tells a true life story about a young man

Although Chris McCandless’ controlling and toxic family environment was a major motive for his escape, his deep-seated internal battle was simply an irresistible impulse for discovery and liberty. Chris’ journey shows a new level of freedom; what true independence holds. He set out into nature alone without support of family or friends, searching for a path unlike those of most, and running from a barred cage of conventional living. Unsatisfied and somewhat angry with himself and his life of abundance in money, opportunity, and security, his preceding experiences and determined character lead him to an inevitable flee into no-mans land. Throughout the novel, Krakauer wants the reader to understand that there is more to Chris than his habit of criticising authority and defying society’s pressures. He needed more from himself, and more from life. He wasn’t an ordinary man, therefore could not live with an ordinary life. Krakauer demonstrates this by creating a complex persona for Chris that draws you in from the beginning.

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

Life on the road is not suitable for everyone. Not everyone has the capabilities, personality, or intelligence to live their life on the road. In the novel Into The Wild By Jon Krakauer, the main character, Chris McCandless experiences discomfort on the road such as: starvation, dehydration, traveling on foot for many days, and many more. To live on the road is a personal decision that people, who are like McCandless, make. To begin, living on the road is risking your life on a game of chance.

Jon Krakauer, released a nonfiction novel in the winter of January 1996, he created a book that told the true story about a young man of the age 24 by the name of Christopher Johnson McCandless. The book clutches that young man’s family lives and conceives to his parents, Billie and Walt McCandless and also his sister Carine, that Christopher’s life was of great significance and was very much appreciated, it also lays a footprint in the lives that McCandless had met before he also met his untimely demise. Krakauer’s ultimate purpose of constructing the book, Into the Wild was to determine what exactly happened to Christopher McCandless on the Stampede Trail. Krakauer set out to discover Christopher’s exact, precise motive on why he truly decided

By telling the story of Chris McCandless, Krakauer builds more of a convincing argument to support the idea that by taking matters into his own hands he can get rid of all worldly distractions by living how monks live. This gives him more control than Gladwell does to support his reasoning, that individuals control their own destiny and so Krakauer better answers the question, how much of what happens in our life do we have control. Chris gets rid of all his belongings that doesn't help him in the long run and sets out on a new adventure, he was on the road for a long time. In the outliers it talks about how there is a school full of talented kids that practice endless amounts of hours they practice. You know what they say, practice makes perfect.

However, Chris grew wiser as he lived in the Alaskan wilderness. He turned on his rules against killing animals when he killed the moose to feed himself. The environment allowed Chris to mature into someone who’d rather spend his time helping people over just staying away from civilization and at times, people in general. In a sense Chris embodies Ralph Waldo Emerson’s quotes from Self-Reliance, “Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string” (Emerson, Source E). Chris trusts himself when he decided to

While on Chris's journey, he found out a heart-wrenching family secret. He discovers his dad is still with his ex wife and that he has a step brother and, to top it off, his mother had known about everything all along. This could've crushed Chris's free and friendly spirit; however, the lies fuel his fire to prove himself. "If something bothered him, he wouldn't right out and say it. He keep it to him self, harboring his resentment..."(122). Chris was very upset after hearing this news, but he used it as another reason to be on his own and live how he wanted to. Chris and his father never had a healthy relationship. They always butt heads on almost every thought Chris had." Both father and son were stubborn... Given Walt's need to exert control... Chris submitted to Walt's authority" (64). Chris didn't agree with the rules of society and his father could never understand that. Chris took all of his pain and hurt and traded it in for an adventurous and lively

Some people say his actions were stupid, but I disagree we all have a journey in life and McCandless accomplished his journey. It would of been “stupid” if he would of never accomplish his dreams and journey. Chris was trying to look for happiness and I’m convinced that he found it when he walked Into the Wild. He walked away from misery, he had over controlled parents who didn’t really understand him. When he walked into the wild he was happy to live as he

We all have three different faces, the one we show our close ones, the one we show to strangers, and the one we present to ourselves. In Into the Wild, by Jon Krakauer, Chris acts different with different people, when he is with his family he is cold to them and doesn’t like to spend time with them or with strangers he outing and ready to do everything but the face that is most true to himself is the one that he only knows of. Chris’s true-self shows signs of multiple mental illnesses such as borderline personality disorder and schizophrenia. Chris leaves his old life behind to take on the identity of Alex Supertramp. As Alex, he spends his time on the road exploring.

Chris had a short life, sadly, but he found what he believed to be problems with society. Money was a big issue with Chris. He believed it should be earned through work, not just being given it. Another problem Chris believed in was family. He believed to keep people in his life but he never let them get to close or be too attached. His third problem was equality and judging people fairly. In the book, it mentions Chris had different kinds of friends that respected him for not judging people by the color of their skin or what they have done in the past. Chris was a simple person that liked to be in the wild and liked to be with people, but in the end he found flaws in every day

Jon Krakauer loves to write about taking dangerous risks. He was born on April 12, 1954 in Brookline, Massachusetts. When he was eight years old, he climbed Oregon’s 10,000-foot South Sister (Authors and Artist for Young Adults 1). At this young age, climbing and risk taking became part of his life. “Between his early dreams of Everest and his actual ascent of the mountain, Krakauer made several other climbs that eventually led to a writing career” (Authors and Artist for Young Adults 1). Krakauer writes books to show the readers the outcome of taking a big risk. He illustrates the theme of risk taking in the nonfiction stories, Into the Wild, Into Thin Air, and Where Men Win Glory.