Chris Mccandless And The Alaskan Wilderness For A Time

McCandless went into the Alaskan wild carrying only a .22 caliber rifle, a ten pound pack of rice, some necessary tools and utensils and a pair of boots. He underestimated the Alaskan

The story of Chris McCandless has become a pop culture phenomenon. Many are fascinated by his desire to abandon his family and society and “walk into the wild” (Krakauer 69). Newscasts, magazine articles, movies, and books have tried to define what motivated him to give up everything for his Alaskan odyssey; however, the answers died with McCandless. People make assumptions about him without knowing his entire story. McCandless chose to do the unconventional, making people think he was either foolish or brave and determined, but ultimately he was selfish for doing what he did.

Jon Krakauer, fascinated by a young man in April 1992 who hitchhiked to Alaska and lived alone in the wild for four months before his decomposed body was discovered, writes the story of Christopher McCandless, in his national bestseller: Into the Wild. McCandless was always a unique and intelligent boy who saw the world differently. Into the Wild explores all aspects of McCandless’s life in order to better understand the reason why a smart, social boy, from an upper class family would put himself in extraordinary peril by living off the land in the Alaskan Bush. McCandless represents the true tragic hero that Aristotle defined. Krakauer depicts McCandless as a tragic hero by detailing his unique and perhaps flawed views on society,

The book about Chris McCandless’s journey into the Alaskan bush, Into The Wild by Jon Krakauer, received a lot of criticism about Chris being foolish for being unprepared. From the articles that I have read, most of the sources do believe that he was poorly prepared for his journey. But there are a few people who believe he was prepared mentally, and an even smaller amount believe he was fully prepared. I believe that Chris only knew what he was doing mentally. He did not have the correct tools or the developed skills to survive, for an extended period of time in the wild. But, he did know what he was about to get himself into. He planned out the trip and knew exactly what his risk factors were. Chris McCandless was either prepared

Chris McCandless, also known as Alex Supertramp, was an ignorant and blatantly stupid child trapped in his own reality, and he used his traumatic childhood to try and justify the poor decisions that would eventually lead to his untimely demise. Chris McCandless was just an ordinary guttersnipe that John Krakauer wrongfully glorified in his obsession called Into The Wild. In April 1992, Chris ran from all of his problems and heads into the brutal Alaskan wilderness unequipped and alone. Before he wandered into Alaska, he donated twenty four thousand dollars to charity and left everything else behind. Four months later, the inevitable happened and he died. He starved to death after he thought it was a good idea to bring only a ten pound bag of rice to nourish him for one hundred days. Chris had a book on what plants to eat and not to eat, yet he still ate one of the plants with poisonous seeds that would prevent digestion. Chris’s lack of intelligence, selfishness, and cowardice is what makes him thickheaded.

Christopher Johnson Mccandless, an intelligent young man, dies while trying to live in Alaska; by choice. The death of Mccandless was a controversial matter: people argued their thoughts on Mccandless’ story, and who's to blame for Mccandless' death. Some say it’s Mccandless’ own stupidity, or his honorable seek for thrill. Others say it’s his parents’ horrible way of raising him, or nature’s unforeseen acts. However, it is a mixture of all these, with Mccandless being the most at fault. Mccandless might have had choices, but there were things he couldn’t control, neither can anyone else.

Jon Krakauer went to extraordinary lengths to prove to himself and other people that Chris McCandless did not commit suicide or was just some novice “greenhorn” wanting to experience the Alaskan wilderness. He proved the experienced Alaskan hunters and outdoorsmen wrong, finding out

Chris McCandless’s journey in Alaska was very grueling and difficult. He only took the basic necessities and ended up dying. Some things Chris took were books, hunting weapons, and a camera. He froze to death on the tundra. Ann Bancroft and Liv Arnesen skied across Antarctica and became the first women to do so. The weather could get down to -100 degrees fahrenheit and was so windy they had to use a radio to talk to each other. The two carried technology that helped them communicate. For example, they used a camera to take pictures and then used a computer to upload them. J. Michael Fay was an explorer and conservationist. Fay traveled through dense forests and remote villages in Africa to make aware the animals and plants being destroyed.

Chris McCandless was an intelligent young man who decided to leave college, his dysfunctional family, and conventional society with hope of gaining enlightenment by exploring the wilderness. Unfortunately, he starved to death while camping in Alaska’s interior. Chris McCandless is a polarizing figure due to his unorthodox and transcendental ideals and the way that he died. Some individuals label McCandless as “a reckless idiot, a wacko, a narcissist who perished out of arrogance and stupidity.” Others believe Chris McCandless was courageous, noble, and admiral for adhering to his rigorous moral ideals. Although both arguments contain valid points, the second party’s interpretation of Chris McCandless is closer to the truth.

Twenty-one years ago this month, on September 6, 1992, the decomposed body of Christopher McCandless was discovered by moose hunters just outside the northern boundary of Denali National Park. He had died inside a rusting bus that served as a makeshift shelter for trappers, dog mushers, and other backcountry visitors. Taped to the door was a note scrawled on a page torn from a novel by Nikolai

In August 1992 the decomposing body of Chris McCandless was uncovered by a moose hunter, but since the body was unearthed there has been some mystery to it, who was he, why did he go into the Alaskan wild, was he an incompetent fool, or was he just unfortunate? Jon Krakauer's book Into The Wild helps to show who Chris McCandless really was and why he was not just some suicidal fool, but that he was a driven idealist who just wanted to test his own fortitude and made a mistake any well-experienced hunter can make that would cost him his life. I agree with Jon that Chris is not foolish and would have survived his Alaskan adventure, if not for a simple mistake and throughout the story you see just that as Jon follows Chris’s footsteps, where he went, who he talked to, to prove that Christopher J McCandless was not just some idiot kid.

The moment of when defeat is finally accepted isn’t always easy, but if defeat includes death the pain of accepting it is unbearable. Chris McCandless gambled his whole life and unfortunately lost. He thought he discovered something magical, something that finally allows him to experience the true emotions his body can produce. He did accomplish this; he experienced extreme emotional satisfaction through out his journey into the wild. He discovered himself and his newfound identity and saw all the beauty that nature has to offer. But then again, the isolation that he longed for that brought him true happiness also brought him sadness and fatality at the same time. At first he was consumed with fear, but then eventually came to the acceptance

Chris McCandless was mentally ill because he did not know how to survive in the wilderness. “June 14: Maggots already! Smoking appears ineffective. Don't know, looks like a disaster. I now wish I had never shot the moose. One of the greatest tragedies of my life” (McCandless 167). In order to survive in the wild you need to know how to preserve your food, a basic skill that anyone attempting to survive in the wilderness should know how to properly do. I believe that McCandless went into the Alaskan wilderness not knowing basic skills and knowledge to keep him alive.

Christopher Johnson McCandless walked alone into the Alaskan wilderness with very little equipment and food after traveling to various parts of North America during the course of two years. Regardless of living on his own with not many things for a couple of years, Chris died alone in a bus on the Stampede Trail in Alaska. Author Jon Krakauer wrote a 9,000 word article titled “Death of an Innocent” for the 1993 issue of the magazine Outside. Into the Wild is simply an extension of that article which explains what provoked Chris into living such a life, who he was, and how he died. The author proves to the reader that Chris was an intelligent man by explaining his research about edible plants and his ambition which builds up Chris’s

In the book Into the Wild written by John Krakauer, Chris McCandless plans to abandon his life and live off the land, traveling from South Dakota all the way to Las Vegas and many other remote locations in the U.S. There was something inside of Chris that drew him into the wilderness. In May of 1990, Chris took off, abandoning everything and everyone and set off into the wild, where he had big plans for his next two years. In the summer of 1992, Chris McCandless turned up dead in Alaska. A series of unfortunate events led to his death. Even though things didn’t turn out how Chris planned, he achieved everything he wanted. Ever since he was young, he had a passion that could only be attained by leaving everything behind and living off of