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What Are The Reasons Why Chris Mccandless Left

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Into the Wild essay Some may believe that Chris McCandless went into the wild out of nowhere, but the real reason he left everything was because he wanted to escape all the problems he was going through, especially with his parents. Chris was a smart, educated, wealthy guy, who just graduated from college and decided to give up everything he had to experience a new journey. Why would anyone ever give up the perfect life? His parents gave him anything anyone could ever dream for, but he did not accept anything. McCandless had a couple different reasons to why he left, the main one was to start a new life. Chris alone had a few reasons as to why he left. Before he left, he basically lived by the book. After a while, he wanted to do something for himself instead of constantly standing by his parents ruling. Chris wanted to know his reason for …show more content…

Yes, he made some wrong decisions throughout his life, but who hasn't? Just like every other normal human McCandless wanted to get away and he actually did. Although he died along the way he was still able to experience a new journey most people dream of having. Being young makes one want to try out new things, according to the article, “Why the Teen Brain is Drawn to Risk,” it claims, “They may get lost in the details about specific risks and overly focused on possible rewards, while ignoring the overall gist of the problem, the ultimate consequences.” Which basically means that teens don't focus on the negative outcome, they think of the positive. Just like McCandless, he wasn't a teenager, but was still a young man who wanted to take that risk in experiencing living on his own. He expected to be the best choice he ever made, maybe it was for him since he got away from everything he wanted to. McCandless did not make it out of the wild, but he sure did make a journey out of

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In particular Chris Mccandless should be supported for he had things happen to him that led up to the point where he wanted to go into the wild to get away from his old life and created a new one for himself to have more opportunities. Others may think he shouldn’t be supported just because he some bad flaws he had and also that he just left his sister who he actually got along with, but here are some reasons that are logical and reasonable to why Chris Mccandless should be supported. One of the reasons why readers should support Chris McCandless is because he is generous, he gave people inspiration, or felt inspired by others, and like in the book Krakauer tells us “Chris’s Father suggested the boy had probably been inspired. ”(94),his way of living inspired everyone that you can live anyway you want.

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