How Is Chris Mccandless Justified

Your Name: Viviana Garcia Garcia

Mrs. Moffat

English 5-6

11 January 2023

Was Chris Justified?

Chris McCandless was justified in leaving his family without a trace because his home was abusive, especially his father. Also he didn't like the rules in society, he loved nature and living by no rules, In a letter sent to Wayne Westerberg he said, “I've decided that I'm going to live this life for some time to come. The freedom and simple beauty of it is just too good to pass up.” Chris wanted to find himself, and he knew nature would be the place to do that. People will disagree, saying he should have at least let someone know where he would be, but if he did, his family would have found him and it would all be for nothing. I will be explaining

When Chris found out, he didn't confront his parents about the affair, he only acted cold towards them without giving a reason as to why. His father was also very abusive towards his mother, he would hit her in front of him and his sister. He also didn't like the rules in society, or being told what to do. P.115 into the wild by Jon Krakauer, Hathaway said “Chris just didn’t like being told what to do. I think he would have been unhappy with any parents; he had trouble with the whole idea of parents.” His parents were a big reason as to why he left, because he just simply didn’t like having them around, they didn’t take him seriously. P.64 Chris complained to Carine that their parents' behavior was “so irrational, so oppressive, disrespectful, and insulting that I finally passed my breaking point. Since they won't ever take me seriously.” He went on to say how he was going to “divorce them as his parents.” This proves his parents played a big role as to why Chris left and never

He had met so many new people, and was in the place he loved, nature. P.37 In his journal he says “It is the experiences, the memories, the great triumphant joy of living to the fullest extent in which real meaning is found.” Chris really was happy in this experience he had, that I do believe most people wouldn’t do. He liked nature so much he actually went out and lived in it, and never would have hurt it. P.198 His sister carine points out “Chris would never, ever, intentionally burn down a forest, not even to save his life.” When Chris got lost he could have set the forest on fire so he could be found, but as his sister said he would have never have hurt the forest.

Chris made a huge impact on the lives of others, he made friends with people on his way to Alaska. He made a huge impact on Ron Franz, Ron had a son who died, and he viewed Chris like a son and asked to adopt Chris. P.55 “So I asked Alex if I could adopt him, if he would be my grandson.” Seeing this it proves he made a huge impact on people, especially Ron. Even though Chris didn’t say yes to Ron’s request, he never said no, I do believe Chris may have viewed Ron as a father, and may have agreed to his request after arriving from