To What Extent Is Chris Mccandless Justified In Into The Wild

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“When you choose an action, you choose the consequences of that action”.In the book/story “Into the wild”. Chris McCandless is not justified in leaving his family to go into the wild without a trace because he wasted resources and importantly police time and Alaska troopers' time because we're looking for Chris for a long time. Also, he was not safe because all the people he met told him that he should go prepared for Alaska and he ignored the people and ignored the dangers of Alaska. Also, Chris was not sane or mentally stable because he believed that civilization is poison and he burned his money and buried most of his stuff, and left his car before going into the wild. The book/story is about a guy named Chris McCandless who was born into an abusive family and had a very strange perspective of the world. he graduated from Emory University in May 1990 with a bachelor's degree. when grows up he decides to go on a really long trip to several states. His target was Alaska and when he reached Alaska he survived there for 113 days and then eventually died of hunger. The first reason Chris McCandless was not justified is that he wasted resources and police time.” Walt and Billie, terribly concerned …show more content…

Also that he left because his family was abusive in his childhood made him have trauma. Some other people might also say that he wants to find the peace that he could not find when he was a child. but I disagree with this just because he is a grown man it doesn't mean that he can't make poor decisions. And if he had trauma from his childhood he could just talk and try to make their relationship better or get some money from his dad and travel somewhere good and live in peace. and freedom doesn't mean that you can do anything Chris left without telling no one which did a lot of damage to his family and wasted other people's time and resources who wanted to find