How Did Chris Mccandless Search For Freedom In Into The Wild

Having the right supplies for hiking or in Chris’s case going out to live in the wild is critical. Chris was lacking in this category. When Chris was found a few weeks later in the woods it was evident that he didn’t have the food supply he needed to survive. Matthew Power from Men's Journal The Magazine, brings up the point that Chris only brought a few things with him, “Setting off with little more than a twenty-two caliber rifle and a ten-pound bag of rice, McCandless hoped to find his true self by renouncing society and living off the land.” Chris later proved that even if you intend to live off the land if you are not used to it and living that way it is going to be extremely hard and may even result in death.

Chris McCandless, a complex-minded young man with a bright future ahead of him, isolated himself from the other students at Emory, his friends, and his family. In doing so, he departed into the wilderness in hopes of finding self-realization and freedom from the evils of modern society. However, at one point in the story, the once so independent guy pleaded for his mom to help him. This goes to show that nobody wants to be truly alone. Isolation isn’t ideal nor is it healthy. For someone who needed his family, he sure had a weird way of showing it. His behaviors included severing all relations with people, being free of possessions, and purposely living in the harshest of conditions.

Jon Krakauer’s novel, Into the Wild, tells the story of Chris McCandless’s foolish choice to abandon his life and travel the country, lacking proper knowledge on how to successfully survive in the wilderness, severing all connections with his family, and living in the wild with minimal supplies. Although Chris did not have a strong relationship with his parents prior to his departure, it was evident that they still cared a great deal about his well being and his whereabouts. When asked about the death of his son, Walt states, “The hardest part,” … his voice cracking almost imperceptibly, “is simply not having him around anymore. I spent a lot of time with Chris… I really liked his company even though he frustrated us so often,” (Krakauer pg.

As a teenager I think that taking risk and making decisions that we don't fully think about or don't think in the consequence is in our genetics and its part of our culture and society and it has and it will always be. In "Into the wild" by Jon krakauer Chris McCandless makes very risk decisions in his teenage years that affected his life in a good way or bad but that wasn't he wasn't thinking about when he made like us but his decision were much larger than any that I have made.

The book “Into the Wild” by Jon Krakauer, has brought up different opinions about the main character Christopher Johnson McCandless, also known as “Alex”. Some may believe that Chris McCandless went into the wild to live as his literary influences, but the real reason he left was that he did not like the way his life was going, the way everyone acted, the way everyone was consumed with the consumption of physical possessions. As well as to escape the turmoil with his parents due to his resentment towards his father always trying to buy him things to make up for the fact that he was married to another woman and had cheated on his mother. This resentment could have been what drove him to do the things that he did and cause him to go on these to what would seem to the average person, wild and crazy adventures.

Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer is a biography about the life of a young man named Christopher McCandless and his journey into the wild. Into the Wild follows the journey of Chris McCandless that lead him to his death in 1992. Krakauer investigates the journey that McCandless took and tries to discover the reason McCandless did such thing and the meaning of his trip. Chris McCandless develops his identity as a stubborn and independent person through his actions, interests, and his values and beliefs.

In the novel Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer, the main character's name is Chris McCandless. Much of what Chris does is driven by his beliefs and opinions about things and he tends to be very impulsive. Walter McCandless, Chris's father, plays a large role in Chris's life purely because of the distaste Chris has for the man. On his journey, Chris meets and forms bonds with many different people. Several of the people he meets even become sort of parental figures to him. Chris's relationships with the people he meets on his adventure seem to be a whole lot more laid back than his relationship with his own parents, perhaps because the expectations for him aren't as high as they are within his own family.

Many people feel they need to escape their life in one way or another, especially if they have had a rough past. In the book Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer it is clear that there was an inner force that pulled Chris McCandless into reclusion. Some may believe that he went into the wild to escape a toxic relationship with his parents, but the real reason he left everything was because in his heart he is a true adventurer. People may think that everyone has the potential to be an adventurer, but this is simply not true. A true adventurer is born with this trait, and it can never be taken away from them, it is simply, a part of their being.

Many people in society feels as if all the materialistic objects are pointless and have a greater need to be at peace with nature and themselves. In the book, Into The Wild written by Jon Krakauer, tells the fatal story of Christopher McCandless and his journey to survive in the Alaskan wilderness. Given that Chris McCandless took the road less traveled, he was very ill prepared and immature to believe that he could have survived in the Alaskan Wilderness with no company and no prior instruction about the Tundra. The adventure Chris departed on was in part motivated by his immature grudge towards his parents, in which Chris felt the need to completely distance himself and chase his dream.

In the book Into the Wild, author Jon Krakauer uses his own personal experiences to conclude that Chris McCandless’s wanderlust was infact purely innocent. Up until this point Jon Krakauer had remained impartial on the topic of McCandless’s death, but he now abandons that perspective to fully justify McCandless’s journey on the grounds that it helped him heal from childhood conflicts. Jon Krakauer enlightens the reader with the tale of the time he attempted to climb Devil's Thumb, a challenging peak in Alaska, as a way to try and escape his overbearing father. Krakauer explain how he got his inspiration from a deeply troubled writer and psychiatrist that “climbed not for sport but to find refuge from the inner torment that framed his existence”

Chris McCandless’s personality traits can described many different ways, and his actions of going into the wild can not always be interpreted. Why did go into the wild, what was he seeking is a question for many. I believe that McCandless went into the wild to start a new life. After reading the novel, “Into the Wild” I strongly believe that Chris McCandless is adventurous, rebellious, and overconfident.

One of the most admirable characteristics about Chris was his determination to do whatever he wanted to. He didn’t believe in the government or their rules, logically influencing his new life in the wild where he could be alone and do as he wanted, not taking advice from anyone who tried talking him out of it. Until the last day of his life, Chris had worked the hardest he could to survive in the wild and continued living the life that he had desired. Also, Chris was a very social man and enjoyed conversing with others that he had met along the way to Alaska. “He was intensely private but could be convivial and gregarious in the extreme” (pg. 115).

Chris McCandless, the main character in Jon Krakauer’s Into the Wild, had troubles with his dad and wanted to leave society, so he donated most of his money and left his home to experience the wild. In Into the Wild, Jon Krakauer characterizes Christopher McCandless as self-reliant and unmaterialistic. Chris McCandless is self-reliant because he thought his instincts and intuition would guide him on his journey. Chris began his adventure after telling his parents he would “‘live off the and for a few months’” (Krakauer, 4).

Since the beginning of time man has learned how to live off the land. Over the centuries technology has advanced and humanity had slowly been accustomed to a much more luxurious way of living. In the writing of Jon Krakauer “Into The Wild” Chris McCandless is a peculiar, intelligent, and dauntless individual who tries to escape the modern way of life and attempts to challenge himself past his own limitations. Christopher McCandless is an 18 year old hitchhiker who sets off onto a great journey to find himself and experience a life that no human cares to live for. Chris McCandless, who is also understood as Alex McCandless, is an individual whose personality was “puzzling in its complexity”, but he could also be “convivial and gregarious in the extreme.

Chris wanted to live out the books he read of living in the wilderness without taking