Was Chris Mccandless A Psychopath

Chris McCandless may seem like a typical boy who hated his family and wanted to get away, but in reality he was so much more. He was in a sense, a paradox, because he had such conflicting emotions. He cared deeply for many people and always tried to help anyone he could, yet he was a hurt individual who was somewhat self-destructive. Chris was a transcendentalist who was trying to find peace and truth in the wild, not a psychopath, but an emotionally scarred man who learned something very valuable and found what he was looking for before he died. Above everything else, Chris was trying to find truth in nature because he felt like he had been lied to his whole life, while living in society. Chris’s parents had fed him so many big lies throughout his whole childhood,” When Walt’s double life came to light, the revelations inflicted deep wounds. All parties suffered terribly” (121). Walt, Chris’s father, had continued his relationship with his first wife even after having kids with his second wife, Billie, Chris’s mom, Chris felt like society and money corrupted his father and whole family and he just wanted to get away from it all.

He was preparing to leave Alaska before he died. It also seemed like he had learned how to forgive his parents while out there,” He noted, HAPPINESS ONLY REAL WHEN SHARED” (189). It seems as if he learned that being alone all the time wasn’t what life is really about, and that it is important to share your life with the people you love. One can also tell that he found what he was looking for because he was content with his life before he died, and made sure that everyone knew that,” McCandless penned a brief adios: I HAVE HAD A HAPPY LIFE AND THAANK THE LORD. GOODBYE AND MAY GOD BLESS ALL! (199). Someone who has regret doesn’t feel like that before they die which could lead the readers to believe that Chris had taken all he could from his experience and was content with