Chris Mccandless Love In Into The Wild

In Jon Krakauer’s fiction narrative, Into the Wild, he portrays Chris McCandless as a self-reliant and thoughtless young man.Unfortunately, he sadly passed after a unprepared journey into the Alaskan wilderness.Through a closer examination on his actions and words it reveals he was a deeply appreciative and misunderstood person.
McCandless showed his appreciation of the world with his love for nature..During his travels he took great joy in the beauty of nature and the idea of living with such a gift. McCandless wrote in one of his journals, “The very basic core of a man’s living is his passion for adventure. The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun”(Krakauer 57). On the urge of his death in the Alaskan forest McCandless starts thinking about all the things he appreciated in life. He came to the conclusion that he lived a meaningful life and found purpose. In Chris’s final thoughts he writes, “ I have had a happy life and thank the Lord.

His parents viewed him as selfless and reckless,but didn’t understand why he decided to go missing. Chris’s mom, Billie, wrote to him, “ You have completely dropped from all who love and care about you. Whatever it is, whoever you’re with. Do you think this is right ?”(Krakauer 124). They didn’t understand his journey and his goal to find the true purpose of life. They just saw the image of their son putting himself into danger with no purpose. When he isolated himself, he was also on the hunt for happiness. McCandless was a firm believer in, “ Happiness is only real when shared” (Krakauer 189). He believed that his journey was not only to be happy but also share that happiness with others. He wanted to share that happiness through his journey, but others misunderstood his