Into The Wild Into The Wild by Jon Krakauer is a Biography about Chris McCandless a man who set off on a Journey or perhaps a suicide mission in May of 1990. With very little preparation and little to no training, Chris set off on this mission to live off the land in Alaska where it soon becomes clear that his decision to leave his hometown of Annandale, Virginia with no trace and his parents and 3 sisters behind was not at all Justifiable.
First and foremost Chris McCandless grew up in what is described by one of his siblings as a “toxic” household. His father, Walt was living a double life having children with one woman while still married to another and constantly jumping between these lives. This duplicity upset Chris and was one of the greatest factors of his decision to leave. While some may argue that this alone is enough for his disappearance to be justifiable, it's not. Chris may have not had the most healthy relationships but he
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Alaska is a place of extreme weather easily reaching into the negatives. So what did Chris do to prepare for this insane idea of living off the land in this mess? Chris brings with him a 10lb bag of rice, a guide of edible plants in the area, a camera, and a 22-caliber rifle. So Chris was not well prepared for this feat and while he was intelligent he was not a wilderness expert. Of course, Chris knew he could have prepared better but he stupidly turned down the people that tried to help him. Whenever Chris was offered help he turned it down. In chapter one Gallien tries to give Chris some stuff but he refuses. He refuses a plane ticket from Westerberg as well “Flying would be cheating. It would wreck the whole trip.” So Chris’s lack of preparation was a huge factor in his eventual death. If he had prepared more he might have been able to see his family again. What Chris did was not brave or courageous, it was just poor