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Chris Mccandless Response

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Chris McCandless started his journey on April 1990, he had traveled from Atlanta, through the southern states of North America, down to Central America, and up to Alaska, leaving many views and impressions of himself along the way. Many from people that he had met and lived with for a week or so, others from Alaska with their own views. Most of the negative views had been from Alaskans, they had felt that McCandless was a reckless, ill-prepared, nut who got lucky. However the positive thoughts and views come from people he had actually met from his journey. Due to these views and impressions we come to our own conclusions of McCandless and what he is remembered for.
In many cases Alaskans took offense to McCandless underestimating the skillfulness needed to survive off the land. Many of them thought he was crazy and got lucky for lasting as long as he did. All the responses John Krakauer recorded that were written by Alaskans were replies to an article on McCandless in Outside magazine. This response is an example of how some Alaskans felt, “Personally I see nothing positive at all about Chris McCandless lifestyle or wilderness …show more content…

When McCandless was in Salton City he had met an old man named Ronald Franz and in a letter McCandless had write to him he had said, “...Ron, in short, get out if Salton City and hit the road. I guarantee you will be glad you did.” (57). McCandless was able to impact Franz so immensely that he had actually started to travel [?]. Chris should be remembered for how he lived when he was alive, not for his arrogance and ill-preparedness. A great point Krakauer made was how McCandless had actually died, Alaskans didn't know or care how he had died. It is thought to be the act of a highly poisonous plant, however even if the Alaskans had known that, they still would have criticized

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