The distinction between whether an individual is to be considered an admirable person or a arrogant/ignorant person lies on their death. The difference is the impact, and the impact differs for an admirable person than a arrogant person. When a admirable man/women dies, the magnitude of the impact on society is greater as society reflects on all the positive achievements that have been accomplished. However, an arrogant person dies many times before their actual death. Throughout the novel of Into The Wild by Jon Krakauer, Chris McCandless, aka Alexander Supertramp, is thought to be a admirable person. It is not recalled for someone to take a role where they know that they might be killing themselves. Into The Wild is about a young man named Christopher McCandless who takes off and starts his journey/life to Alaska. He breaks all connection with his family and the people that he loves, including his little sister, the only person in his life that he could trust. He vanished from the life he had, changing his name to Alexander Supertramp and setting …show more content…
In one instance is when he was a kid. His father, Walt, was trying to help him in a sport that he loved to play. On page 111 It says, “Chris has so much natural talent, but if you tried to coach him, to polish his skills, to bring out that final ten percent, a wall went up. He resisted instruction of any kind.” He was ignorant. He did not like other people helping him. In another event was that Chris did not want to do what other people wanted him to do. On page 116 it says “When I mentioned the offer to Chris,” Walt says, “he would not even consider it. He told his boss that he had other plans.” as soon as high school was over; Chris declared, he was going to get behind the wheel of his new car and spend the summer driving across the country. Therefore Chris did not care. So it is clear that he is