Analysis Of Chris Mccandlessness In Into The Wild - 870 Words

Chris McCandless was a free spirit, unbound by the chains of society and an old soul who took pleasure, and fulfilled his lust for adventure, by tramping around the United States. Rather than living the normal life in civilization, Chris felt his love for nature stated when he abandons his family and lives off the land. Jon Krakauer, the author of Into the Wild wrote the book about Chris McCandless aka Alex Supertramp when he died of starvation in the Alaskan wilderness and made headlines. People around the country voiced their opinion on Chris, some believing him to be brave while others a fool. But rather than acting recklessly as the vast majority believed, Chris McCandless was actually inexperienced and unprepared for his adventure.†¦show more content†¦This only calls to attention another one of Chris’ shortcoming which was in the knowledge and inability to get a proper map of the Stampede Trail. With a map of Stampede Trail Chris would’ve been able to sur vive his adventure by either starting a big fire to alert firefighters or go some distance from the river to a cable which spanned the river to the other side where Chris could have been on the road to the highway. This could have been possible if Chris had some prior knowledge to what he was getting into and a good map, especially because Chris was in a moderately good health when he made his plan to head back to civilization. Alas it didn’t happen as Chris was unable to properly prepare for his trip because he believed he could achieve his goal to live in the wild without experience, and lacked the awareness of the land. 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, â€Å"Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string† (Emerson, Source E). Chris trusts himself when he decided to