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How Did Chris Mccandless Get Into The Wild

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Chris McCandless was born in Carthage, South Dakota and raised in a very rich family where he lived until he was around 20 years old. He left South Dakota because all of his family members were trying to make sure that they would gain his respect during which Chris did not like and then left for Alaska. He hated his family for trying to but his respect he soon got so mad that he left for Alaska, where he would soon start a new life in the wild. On His way to Alaska he stopped the car a got his money out of his pocket and burned it and started walking and trying to pick up a ride from anyone who came by. A man driving a large truck came by and pick up the young 20 year old boy the two men started to talk about why he was out there walking the …show more content…

Chris McCandless got out of the woods and found a job for a few years where he worked very hard non stop action he would never quit on anything he did. He lived in an apartment for a few more months where he slept and ate for a month and then went back to the wild where he would live for a few more months. 1 or 2 months later his mom and dad found him and took him back home where he would be for around 1 day and leave the next day. He would go back to Alaska to live a better life until it was over for him Chris McCandless lived there most of his life but died at a young age. Chris McCandless could only live off berries because it was not a moose hunting season he would have gotten arrested and put into jail if he were to do this. Chris McCandless made a bad choice at left his family for a new life he had to travel the river to get food and other things just like that. He was a good person, but he tried too hard to do things like live another life out in the …show more content…

Chris later went back and was very weak and could not be moved he wrote a letter to anyone who came by to pick him up so he could get back home. Chris McCandless could not eat a mouse or anything because it was not moose hunting season and they did not have enough berries to feed him for the rest of the month. A man named Ron France was a very good friend of Chris McCandless and did not know what has happened to him after the long trip they had worked together. Ron France was one of his best friends with him but did not keep up the date with him and later found out that his best friend has died in 1992. Ron was so mad he went to the church and gave away his slip that said he was a catholic and was now an atheist. Chris was a very smart man and learned from Ron but he did not know how to

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