Chris Mccandless Introduction

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Melissa Sanchez Mr. King Expository Reading & Writing Period.4 Into the Life of Chris J McCandless We all know that Chris McCandless as a young college graduate from Emory University took on a different life changed his name to Alexander Supertramp and lived to his own opinion the greatest adventure of all. We also know he perished after living that journey for almost three years. But can we ever know the reasons as to why he did this? Or ever be able to judge his actions and have a verdict on them? McCandless left a series of bread crumbs behind while on his perambulations that have given everyone that has read about him an insight into his character, motives, mistakes and events that led to his tragic death. McCandless abandoned the…show more content…
”I think I'm going to disappear for a while”, were the words that McCandless used as farewell to the two people that gave him life(21). Yes, it is one thing to think differently from your parents and to disagree with their lifetime and to despise their actions toward you and those around you; but it is a whole different thing to be cruel and show yourself ungrateful for the “ups” in the life parents have given their children. The reason signaled by him was the fact that he disapproved of his parents’ “moral shortcomings” after finding out Walt, his dad, conceived him while still married to his first wife and left his first family for his mother. Moreover, that Walt McCandless also conceived a half-brother of his after being married to Billie, his mom, with his ex-wife. This snapped something deep down in Chris that led him to alienate his parents from his life and block all feelings he had for them being his procreators and instead look up to the teachings…show more content…
But the conditions that led to his death were caused by him. McCandless had great ideals and his philosophy of appreciating what is given to us by nature as a way of inner peace is admirable. In his own declaration of independence found on bus 142 McCandless jubilant words are “Ultimate freedom…and victoriously conclude the spiritual revolution…” and as these words stand out so does the meaning of his adventure(163). His adventure and the excitement and joy that he portrayed for a great part of it inspire and trigger a sense of freedom to seek by following his steps. McCandless wasn’t crazy or psycho or disturbed, he was just finding a way to know himself based on his beliefs and thoughts and if he would have survived he might have been an excellent human being that many would keep loving and
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