Negativity At It's Finest

"Although a couple of times he mentioned wanting to get married and have a family some day. You could tell he didn't take relationships lightly. He wasn't the kind of guy who would go out and pick up girls just to get laid" (Krakauer 65).

Topic: The Dynamics of Family

This quote not only foreshadows, but explains the relationship that Chris had with his father. Chris's father had cheated on his wise countless times and abused their children most of their lives, up until they left the house. Because of the way Chris was treated, as soon as he graduated college; he only told his sister that he would be leaving and going on a long journey to find himself and that he would be cutting off all relations with his family and friends. Chris in the end, was happy and did not become like his father, although did not live as long as his father, he was still at peace

An inspiration at a cost?

An inspiration, at a cost?

“Seven weeks after the body of his son turned up in Alaska wrapped in a blue sleeping bag that Billie had sewn for Chris from a kit, Walt studies a sailboat scudding beneath the window of his waterfront townhouse. ‘How is it,’ he wonders aloud as he gazes blankly across Chesapeake Bay, ‘that a kid with so much compassion could cause his parents so much pain?’" (Krakauer 103-104).

Prompt: Fool or Inspiration?

Everyone is destined to do something great in life, whether they believe they are, or not. By doing great things in life, they move others to do great things themselves.  McCandless was a very compassionate and real person, he embarked on a two year quest to get away from his belief that the American society was greedy, selfish and unjust. He was an inspiration because of this, but it came at the cost. McCandless cut himself off from his family. Krakauer continuously thorough out the book try to figure out why he did it? Why did a caring, loving person cut off his family and never talk to them, only to die and actually never talk to them again.

An Unfortunate Event

"When McCandless turned up dead in Alaska and the perplexing circumstances
of his demise were reported in the news media, many people concluded that the
boy must have been mentally disturbed." (Krakauer 50) I honestly find the fact that people saying Christopher had some kind of mentally disturbed disease or was seriously messed up in the head really dumb. Just because someone needs to get away from everything, before they probably collapse under the pressure, just means they needed a break. It shows how simple minded the people of the world are, just to judge before even really looking into any background on the event or person they're judging. Unfortunately, there's no way to change anything because people will always judge others with no context in their mind, it's just how the world is. You always hear, "don't judge a book by it's cover." Well, people have been judging since our race has been here, so basically always. We need to move forward, and stop judging other's with no context.