Into The Wild Character Analysis
It is difficult in the start Into The wild by Jon Krakauer to grasp why Chris Mcandless would go into the Alaskan wilderness so unprepared. Chris is dynamic character at first appearance but can be summed up pretty easily. Chris is a spoiled and ignorant kid that can’t handle the pressure of modern day society so makes an attempt to live a simple, nomadic life style, which includes a fatal trip into the Alaskan wilderness. Chris realizes from his experience that society today is way better than it has ever been in the past. Several factors contributed to Chris McCandless’s death. Chris was very ignorant, refusing to accept any helpful items people offered him. He underestimated the full strength of the Alaskan wilderness. Also, he did not pack
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It is because Christopher Mcandless was spoiled. Chris before his adventure was just a kid who didn't like his parents so he wanted to cause them pain and prove to himself that him and his parents were on different levels of intelligence, Chris being above them. They clearly were, but the opposite of what Chris thought, seeing as though dad was a rocket scientist. Chris's attitude throughout the book was no matter what he does its his parents fault, they messed up their kid and made him the way he is, which is logically true, but with a smart as Chris was this must have taken a real toll on his self esteem, just accepting the fact that he cant take responsibility for his own life. If Chris had been taken to a phycologist all of his problems could have been easily avoided when this concept was addressed head on, but he wasn't so he died by himself on a bus in Alaska. When Chris planned on leaving the wild in late July he came to the realization that he was the stem of all of his problems. When he says “…henceforth will learn to accept my errors, however great they be…”. "I have lived through much, and now I think I have found what is needed for happiness. A quiet secluded life in the country, with the possibility of being useful to people to whom it is easy to do good, and who are not accustomed to have it done to them." When thought about this quote is really sad the fact that Chris wants to
It is because Christopher Mcandless was spoiled. Chris before his adventure was just a kid who didn't like his parents so he wanted to cause them pain and prove to himself that him and his parents were on different levels of intelligence, Chris being above them. They clearly were, but the opposite of what Chris thought, seeing as though dad was a rocket scientist. Chris's attitude throughout the book was no matter what he does its his parents fault, they messed up their kid and made him the way he is, which is logically true, but with a smart as Chris was this must have taken a real toll on his self esteem, just accepting the fact that he cant take responsibility for his own life. If Chris had been taken to a phycologist all of his problems could have been easily avoided when this concept was addressed head on, but he wasn't so he died by himself on a bus in Alaska. When Chris planned on leaving the wild in late July he came to the realization that he was the stem of all of his problems. When he says “…henceforth will learn to accept my errors, however great they be…”. "I have lived through much, and now I think I have found what is needed for happiness. A quiet secluded life in the country, with the possibility of being useful to people to whom it is easy to do good, and who are not accustomed to have it done to them." When thought about this quote is really sad the fact that Chris wants to