Everyone would love to have total freedom at some point in their lives, but many people don’t follow what they really want in life and instead decide to conform to what society wants them to be. In the novel Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer. Christopher Johnson McCandless also known as Alex Supertramp was very determined and brave when it came to following his dreams. Jon Krakauer believed Chris was someone looking for the meaning of life. Jon Krakauer and Chris both had strained relationships with their fathers. This influenced them both deeply and made it easier for Jon to look at Chris as a smart young man. Most people would look at Chris and say he was a fool for doing everything he did to his family. Only some people understand what Chris …show more content…
The reason why Chris did all of this is because he was trying to show that he will not be ordered and controlled by society. He leaves everything behind and he burns his money. Chris did this to show that he doesn’t want money controlling his life and he doesn’t want a life where money is the only way to live. He also ends up leaving his yellow Datsun, which strongly illustrates the symbol of rejecting materialism. When his parents buy him a new car Chris becomes angry, which is another example of him rejecting materialism. Chris didn’t want to live the normal life that everyone else lived. He wanted to be different and many people look at this as a good thing rather than a bad thing. Chris was overconfident at some points in the novel and could have easily prevented death, it was foolish of him to think that he was ok when he really wasn’t, but despite all of the warnings he kept moving towards his dream. It was easy for Chris to overcome challenges and adversity but he underestimated the dangers of nature and ended up relying on himself majority of the time. If Chris let people help him when they offered he would have had a higher chance of living, but since he hated being controlled by his father he never wanted to receive help from anyone and he felt that they would be controlling what he …show more content…
He was very idealistic and assumed that everything would work for him in the end. This was the only way Chris got that far into the wild. Many people view him as a hero because he inspired many people and a lot of people started to pursue their dreams after seeing what Chris did. He also greatly influenced Ronald Franz to go out and live on his own. Chris helped many people follow what they truly desire in life, and that makes Chris more of a hero than a fool for doing what he did. Chris left his family behind without telling them, it wasn’t a nice thing to but Chris couldn’t be himself when he was with his family. He had a lot of pressure from everyone, which caused him to just leave everything behind. Chris had a very complex personality and Krakauer felt like he could relate to him. Krakauer believed Chris was a brilliant man but he felt that he was too hungry for adventure and if he had more caution he would have survived in the