Analysis Of Chris Mccandless In Intro The Wild By Jon Krakauer

Jon Krakauer’s book, Intro the Wild, has this controversial character that raised different opinions about his main personage, Chris McCandless. While some fiercely defend Chris as this open-minded and selfless person, others ferociously argue that he was an ill-prepared and arrogant individual unworthy of the reader’s empathy. According to the first group, their vision of Chris McCandless as being this selfless, open-minded, honest and well-prepared individual justifies seeing Chris as an individual worthy of empathy and respect. First, according to them, Chris was a deeply honest person who wasn’t afraid of the truth even though it made him uncomfortable sometimes. Second, they state that he was worthy of admiration because he was a selfless
He was an ill-prepared individual and over confident. His over confidence reached a point where it scared people around him. We can see an example of his lack of preparation and arrogance when in April1992, he meets Gallien, a union electrician, while hitchhiking. Gallien recalls “He wasn’t carrying anywhere near much food and gear that you would expect a guy to be carrying for that kind of trip” (Krakauer 4). This is a crystal clear example of how ill-prepared Chris was. He was blind by his over confidence in that he didn’t see how dangerous this trip could be. He didn’t have adequate gear or food, but yet he expected to survive for four months. He thought he had everything he needed in his bag pack and the rest wasn’t worth having or carrying with him. . He wanted to proof to himself that we could live without civilization, help or anything man made. He thought that because he survived in Mexico, with Alaska the situation would be the same. Chris’s overconfidence was so present in his personality that everyone who surrounded him could notice it. His father, Walt recalls Chris reaction in 1986, by the end of the summer, when he tried to talk to Chris about his overconfidence. Walt said, “Chris was good at almost everything he tried, which made him
His admires are inaccurate when stating that he was a selfless person while it’s clearly seen that he was a very selfish individual. As well as an open-minded person when Krakauer gave straight examples of situations, where he would smoothly overlook some facts about people he cared about. Furthermore we can all agree that he was an ill-prepared individual, who made stupid choices like going into the wild without appropriate gear. I believe that it’s really hard to understand Chris’s personality and choices he made over these two years. But if his admirers tried to read chapters 10 to 13 with different eyes, they would be able to catch few gaps in his line of thought while he grew. Even though he had many faults we can all agree, critics and admirers, that he was a very honest person and truthful to his beliefs and standards. We might have learned a lot from Chris’s adventures and point of views about reality. It’s really sad realizing that a young soul like his didn’t have time to share his experiences and thoughts with the world before it was too