The epilogues of chapters eight and nine help us emotionally connect to both Chris Mccandless and his family. In chapter eight the epilogue tells the reader of how individuals (who are like Chris) go into the wild to fix their personal and emotional problems. We eventually come to understand Chris’s reason for heading off to the wild partially included his life at home and his emotional distress from learning about his father's previous love life. These quotes in the epilogue help us pair what we know about Chris with why we think he decided to undergo such a long and difficult journey. This has us question that maybe with every one of Chris’s steps into the wild is a thought in his mind about his family and his inner pains and struggles.