Chris Mccandless Crazy

Into the wild is a book and a movie written by Jon Krakauer that is inspired by the actions of a college graduate named Chris McCandless. He lived a life on his own and was not the average person. Many people have different views and opinions about him and the way he chose to live his life. Shaun Callarman claims that he, “was bright and ignorant at the same time. He had no common sense, and he had no business going into Alaska with his Romantic silliness. He made a lot of mistakes based on ignorance. I don't admire him at all for his courage nor his noble ideas. Really i think he was plain crazy,” I strongly agree with Callarman’s statement because he did not consider the consequences of his actions before doing them.
McCandless was logical when it came to passing classes, studying, and getting good grades, and the way he tried to figure out the meaning of life but he lacked common sense. We can't really criticize McCandless for being
They want you to go to school, find something you like, get a job, and hopefully raise your own kids. A lot of people follow this, but doesn't mean they are pleased with the way they live life, they go their whole lives following this “guideline”, but in all reality, people have to find out life for themselves."Nothing at last is sacred but the integrity of your own mind." - Ralph Waldo Emerson, from Self-Reliance. Ralph waldo emerson believed in self reliance and this is exactly what Mcandless thought was the path to a happy life. Do what you want to do and live the way you want to live, but you have to find your passion. I think Chris tried to find happiness on his own terms but was stupid in the way he went about it. The only downfall of this argument is at the end of his life he realized that relationships were important in life, this was the beginning of the end for McCandless as it was too late to go back to