Though limited, the time spent watching Into the Wild was an unforgettable experience. I found a direct relation to his desire to abandon society. He was lost and needed the opportunity to find himself. He states, “God's place is all around us, it is in everything and in anything we can experience. People just need to change the way they look at things.” Though many look at Chris McCandless's journey to Alaska as a waste. I truly feel that his extraction from society and its ongoing noise and distractions was necessary for him. If Chris would not have pursued the trip he would not have come to the revelation that he wrote in his journal “Happiness only real when shared. “

Chris`s downfall was his ignorance to survival in the wilderness.