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Christopher Mccandless: Inconsiderate
“I blame everyone but me. What I thought what was watching out for me was actually a razor blade wrapped around my wrist. Time wasn't on my side, it didn't have my back when confronted with my pride. Does it lead to the fall” (Brian Braille Winchester). In today’s world we do things without thinking of the people we might hurt, or the consequences that our decisions might lead to. After reading Into the Wild, I think that Christopher McCandless was Inconsiderate. In my opinion I think that McCandless was Inconsiderate of the people who really cared about him. Whether it was his family or the people he met along his idiotic journey McCandless did not take their feelings into consideration. This is seen in the book on chapter 13 of into the
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