Christopher Mccandless In Into The Wild By Jon Krakauer

Into the Wild Imagine having everything you have ever wanted and needed in your life. Christopher Mccandless was one who had everything handed to him. From getting his own car, graduating from college, friends who loved him and parents that paid for everything, yet he still was not satisfied with his lifestyle. Mccandless decided to throw his whole life away and start brand new. His definition of starting new was to throw away all his pocket money, donate his savings account to charity, burn his social security card, got rid of his car and left his family with nothing but a note to let them know he was going to be gone for awhile. Mccandless was planning on going to Alaska and live off of nature’s natural resources. He was very unprepared

Christopher Mccandless was a narcissistic person who was self absorbed and had serious delusions of grandeur. In the novel, Christopher McCandless was seen as an individual who was a reckless narcissist that perished out of arrogance and stupidity due to his actions. Krakauer writes a note describing that he will not return home for awhile and to send all the mail he receives back to where it has came from (Krakauer 69). From what McCandless has said, He has had an idea that there is a possibility of him never returning home. This evidence shows that Mccandless thought he was able to live off of the land to survive and thrive. The author states, “As a youth, I am told, I was willful, self absorbed, intermittently reckless, moody. I disappointed my father in the usual ways. Like McCandless, figures of male authority aroused in me.” (Krakauer 134). Chris was raised

He had a passion to discover adventure even if it was something insane. Krakauer writes, “The very basic core of a man’s living spirit 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” (Krakauer 57). Part of Mccandless’ adventure was starting over with is life. He is changing his view of the horizon to something new. He thought he would of seen joy within this new horizon but all that was seen was his arrogance. Joy was expected in this journey but all that was seen was his mistakes and regrets. Christopher thought climbing the devil’s thumb would get him away from all the wrong that was happening in his life. Soon after, he has learned that starting over has changed almost nothing (Krakauer 155). This evidence shows how he was too self absorbed to realize reality and the consequences for his actions. He was eager to start his journey to where he was not physically or mentally prepared for his trip into the