How Did Chris Mccandless Prepare For Into The Wild

Into the Wild

Over the summer I read a novel by Jon Krakauer “Into the Wild”. The novel was about a young boy who took necessary risk to discover who he truly was. Chris McCandless-often referred to as Alexander Supertramp was an American hiker, whose last adventure turned out to be a fatal one. McCandless decomposed body was found on a bus in Alaska taiga. Many people questioned “Why would anyone intending to ‘live off the land for a few months’ forget Boy Scout rule number one: Be Prepared?” The opinion that is greatly debated is whether or not he was a brave and honorable young man dedicating his life to living his dreams or a idiotic and misguided one clouded

In my opinion McCandless was both brave and honorable, for going after what he aspired and never backing down.

McCandless was one track minded, “Once Alex made up his mind about something, there was no changing it.” From the time he decided to leave home and go on his soul searching journey he had made the decision he was only going to do it his way. Setting out on his odyssey McCandless decided to abandon his car, and travel the rest on foot. He burned all his money, and gave his life savings away to charity. In an attempt to stay hidden forever he invented a new identity, Alex Supertramp. It was a reasonable decision, he did not want his family to discover his location, and he wanted to experience life truly own his own. Walt

Mail sent by Alaskans following his death suggested “Alex is a nut in my book.” Most “nuts” do not graduate from Harvard Divinity School, as a poet, a philosopher, and a Unitarian minister. He wanted to know how to eat when money wasn’t an option, and how to protect his self when supplies were not around. McCandless went from job to job, to state to state but it never took long for him to find a source of employment. He did whatever he was ask to do, which showed how reliable he was. Many adults were taken aback with his charisma, “There was something fascinating about him.” It almost seemed unrealistic for him to just be twenty-four, when people would talk he would always listen, and demand to know more. It was not just about being curious, he was just always hungry to learn more. In a sense it was like he needed to learn everything he possibly could and more. He always insisted on living out of his beliefs, which takes courage. Understand that when McCandless put his mind to something, there was no telling him no. If you ever tried to talk him out of something he believed was an absolute priority, he would have went for it even harder. His life’s motto was