How Did Chris Mccandless Get Into The Wild

Although some may believe that Chris McCandless went into the wild because of inspiration, I think that his primary reason was due to his family issues and emotional damage. I feel as if he was trying to run away and leave his past life. I can agree with others beliefs that he was inspired because he did read many things and was very influenced by some writings. However, the apparent problems he had with his family caused this issue because he showed many times before that he didn’t like his home life. Others even saw that he was unhappy with his parents and he wanted to leave and live what he thought to be a more peaceful life. Not only was just his parents divorce talks, his arguments with his father, and his distance he felt from his mom and dad a huge problem for him, he also was emotionally damaged by other
One thing he wrote was, “There I feel nothing can befall me in life, - no disgrace, no calamity, (leaving me my eyes,) which nature cannot repair.” This connects with Chris and his family problems because he went into the wild to escape his life and start new. For him there was nothing there to “befall” him because he wasn’t surrounded by all the arguments and hate. It was almost as if he could be free to be who he truly was and wanted to be. Emerson also continues in a deeper explanation when he supports, “Standing on the bare ground, - my head bathed by the blithe air, and uplifted into infinite space, - all mean egotism vanishes.” This all ties into Chris’s family and emotional problems as well because once again, he doesn’t deal with the pressures he did at home. When Emerson says that, “all mean egotism vanishes” he means that there is nothing negative, only positive things go through his mind. I believe for Chris this was the same. He enjoyed the wild so much because he became one with himself and didn’t have to fight and