How would you react if you felt that your whole childhood was fake? If every happy and cherished moment spent with your parents as a child now just concealed itself in your memory as a lie? Well that’s how one young man felt after discovering a secret hidden from him by his parents for two whole decades. Chris McCandless was an intelligent person academically, truthful to himself and others, as well as an adventurous person who had an insightful view on the world. Chris despised phony people and being told what to do by others, so he wanted to live life by his own terms. In April 1992 after years of tramping around the Western part of the United States, Chris hitchhiked into into the Alaskan wilderness without proper equipment and never came …show more content…
The fact that Chris averaged such good grades and majored in difficult studies shows how capable chris was at handling himself. Although Chris’s choices about about acquiring the right equipment needed for survival in the Alaskan wilderness were poorly chosen, this only proves that he was foolhardy and believed highly in himself. Chris may have been book smart but lacked common …show more content…
Walt tried to teach Chris how to play golf as a kid, but he was a natural the only thing wrong were minor techniques upon which Chris could improve, “ He resisted instruction of any kind” (Krakauer 111). Chris’s resistance against any help offered showed how individual he was and relied on only himself. Chris knew he could manage on his own once he left his family, but little did he know the help he rejected along his journey could have saved his