Hubris In Into The Wild

Have you ever been so confident that you took a risk that might have not been a good idea? In the nonfiction book Into The Wild, Jon Krakauer describes the life of Chris McCandless and the journeys he went on. Chris McCandless was an intelligent guy who would rather have been living and surviving in the woods somewhere rather than in a nice suburban house. He found peace and challenge in living in the wild which made it enjoyable for Chris. Chris McCandless was guilty of hubris. Chris McCandless has been hubris mostly his whole life. Chris McCandless was good at mostly everything he did in life which led him to be overly confident even for himself. Chris being very smart, stubborn and in good physical shape made it easy for him to go off

Jon Krakauer described many of Chris' trips while he was in highschool and college. He describes how Chris was set on anything he did and no one could talk him out of it because he was confident in all of his adventures, school work, and life in general. The author wrote “”Chris was almost good at everything he ever tried,” Walt reflects, “which made him supremely overconfident”. This shows that Chris was very much guilty of hubris when it came to things, especially his adventures. When he was traveling through Texas and New Mexico he got stuck in the Mojave desert. He wasn't prepared and suffered severe dehydration but he still made it out which boosts his ego making him hubris. Jon Krakauer portrayed how Alex was living before his big trip to explore Alaska. Alex was working many tedious jobs and settled down a bit with Westerberg. When he decided to leave, Westerberg asked him to stay a little longer but McCandless made up his mind and refused. Krakauer wrote about a letter Alex had written to Westerberg saying, “If this adventure proves fatal and you don’t ever hear from me again, I want you to know you’re a great man. I now walk into the wild”. This shows that even though Chris knew that his adventure could've been dangerous or even fatal he still had confidence that he could do it with the lack of supplies and tools that he had. Unfortunately Chris’s act of being hubris had led to the end

He was not overly confident but passionate about living his way of life. However, Chris was in fact guilty of being hubris. Many times while hitchhiking people have told him to be more prepared with food and weapons/tools or he wouldn't survive but he didn't listen and said he'd be fine. Gallien, talking to Alex had said “ “I said the hunting wasn’t easy where he was going, that he could go for days without killing any game. When that didn’t work, I tried to scare him with bear stories. I told him that a twenty-two probably wouldn’t do anything to a grizzly except make him mad. Alex didn’t seem too worried” ”. This shows that Chris was guilty of being hubris because he was really confident that he could survive on a 10-pound bag of rice and a .22 caliber that would do nothing to a big animal but make it mad. After surviving harsh conditions in his explorations before he became too confident and always thought he'd be fine with what he thought would help him survive. Although Chris was really passionate about his way of living he was too confident for his own good. Instead of listening to the people who tried to help him he'd brush them off because he thought he didn't need help and knew everything he needed to