Christopher McCandless is a rather complex character. His unique disdain towards authority has never been truly understood. However, in Into the Wild, chapter 9-13, Jon Krakauer shines light on Chris’s childhood and allows the reader to conclude that Chris survives due to his passion for adventure. To him it replenishes some sort of spiritual energy he cannot do without. For that reason, he indefinitely renounce any form of oppression and always refuses to conform. Chris acquires his energy through his adventures. Not just physical adventure to new places, however, also experiencing new things and ideas. For the reason, Chris finds it difficult to narrow his time to one activity. In his youth, he ventures from one sport to another. His father even remembered that, “he had so much natural …show more content…
a wall went up.” To Chris the new sport was enough. He valued the new experience and due to his natural talent was always fairly good at it. However in the case that his Dad tried to “polish” his skills and help him master the sport he resisted. Ultimately, the same sport that so recently brought him great amusement, would now seem to imprison his time, therefore, he was forced to eradicate it from his life. This is solely attributed to his innate personality. As a free roaming spirit being confined to one activity, as great as it may be, develops into torture. For that reason Chris built a wall between himself and those who attempted to confine him, so he may continue his adventures freely. Likewise, he is unable to maintain a stable job. Unable, not as in he was performing poorly and was fired, but as in he was