Analysis Of Chris Mccandless 'Into The Wild'

Roman poet, Horace, believed that, “Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant.” If this were the case, however, then why did Chris McCandless, who was faced with the adversity of starvation, not only fail to overcome his problem, but failed to have any type of talents brought out to try and prevent his death. Chris McCandless was a 24 year old man who had a book written about him and his adventures called, Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer. This rather odd story begins with Chris giving away his college money of 24,000 to charity. He then reinvents himself and changes his name to Alexander Supertramp. After this Chris packs his things and heads into the wild, burning all his money and