Into The Wild Chris Mccandless Character Analysis

Words: 558
Pages: 3
Open Document
Chris McCandless was a young man from Virginia who invested his life in finding his true “happy place” by separating himself from the pressures of society. He was often viewed as an arrogant and selfish young man for trying to find his happiness. His actions labeled him as ignorant and rebellious by locals Alaskans. Chris McCandless set out to find a new life for himself and to get away from the pressures of society.

Chris McCandless had the knowledge to survive in the wild but the were some things that he did not understand well. There was a stereotype about the wilderness that McCandless did not follow too well; although he was intelligent, he did not understand the ways of the wild (59). In school Chris never got a grade lower than an ¨A¨ and the one time he did was because someone put rules and regulation on the way he did things. He was intelligent and saw the world differently than others, but he never knew what to expect when he entered the wild. He was ignorant not to prepare himself for his journey; therefore he did not come back to the safety of reality. In chapter 15, Krakauer relates to Chris’s young attitude as a desire he believed to be rightfully his and mistaking passion with wisdom (155). …show more content…
In Chapter 17 Jon Krakauer explains the irony in McCandless's death, ¨Unlike McCandless, however, I have in my backpack a 1:63,360-scale topographic map (that is, a map on which one inch represents one mile). Exquisitely detailed, it indicates that half a mile downstream, in the throat of the canyon, is a gauging station that was built by the U.S. Geological Survey¨ (119). When Krakauer began his Journey to understand Chris he came across the river that Chris had not crossed and found on his topographic map that if McCandless would have crossed the river and walked down half a mile, he would have had a better chance of
Show More

Related Documents: Into The Wild Chris Mccandless Character Analysis

Character Analysis Of Chris Mccandless In 'Into The Wild'

nothing positive at all about Chris McCandless’s lifestyle or wilderness doctrine,” scolded another correspondent. “Entering the wilderness purposefully ill-prepared, and surviving a near-death experience does not make you a better human, it makes you damn lucky;”. Chris’ adventure was an unneeded attempt to escape from reality and his parents. To escape from reality and the abuse from his parents he did not need to go on such a dangerous and prolonged journey. Chris and his siblings did receive some…

Words 444 - Pages 2

Chris Mccandless Character Analysis Into The Wild

“Into the Wild” by Jon Krakauer, is a very noteworthy story of a young man, Christopher McCandless, who journeys alone into the wilderness. This story is quite indigenous and the main character is full of contradictions. It is difficult to understand his purpose that influenced his decision to disclaim the civilized world and headed into the wilderness where he ended up not being able to survive. Chris McCandless ditches his car and gives away his trust fund, he hitchhikes and eventually steps off…

Words 496 - Pages 2

Into The Wild Chris Mccandless Character Analysis

Chris McCandless is a smart and capable man who was so broken down that he tried to begin a new and calmer life in the wilderness of Alaska. Chris had a lot of hardships growing up that made him who he was; his father had a hidden affair, his parents expected him to be something he was not, and all the while Chris himself was a rebellious person that just wanted to live his own life. By going into the wilderness it is possible that Chris was trying to find peace in a world that never stopped going…

Words 947 - Pages 4

Into The Wild Chris Mccandless Character Analysis

A young adventurer named Chris McCandless had a tragic death in Alaska due to him being unprepared for the wild. It seemed that he went into to nature on account of his love for exploring uncivilized locations due to his ideals. Although, his death had caused a variety of people to believe that he was insane and dull for entering a place with little knowledge of it. In spite of what people said, those who have encountered Chris on his journey…

Words 647 - Pages 3

Character Analysis Of Chris Mccandless In Into The Wild By Jon Krakauer

Christopher McCandless, most commonly known as Alex, is an adventurous man. Chris goes through his entire life tied to his family's beliefs, and rather than doing what makes him happy, does what will ultimately please his mother and father. Chris’s main goal is to go on a expedition to Alaska completely on foot. He meets and connects with many people on his quest to Alaska, and all of these people not only impact him, but Chris makes an extremely big impact on them as well. The first person that…

Words 494 - Pages 2

Chris Mccandless Transcendentalism

Readers should not admonish Chris McCandless for how he died, but instead admire him for how he lived his life. Chris McCandless, the main character, of Jon Krakauer’s dynamic book Into The Wild finds himself giving up his good lifestyle, family, and most of his possessions by choice. In doing so, McCandless starts his great odyssey full of many adventures across the country and even further using many transcendentalism tenets. Not only is Chris McCandless a nonconformist, but his ability to get…

Words 879 - Pages 4

Rhetorical Analysis Of Into The Wild

Rhetorical Analysis Author Biography & Ethical Appeal: Jon Krakauer the author of Into the Wild was born April 12, 1954 in Brookline, Massachusetts. He was the son of a doctor and an amateur mountaineer. At age eight, he started mountain-climbing in Oregon where he grew up as a child. He attended Hampshire College in Amherst and after graduating he was a carpenter and worked as a commercial fisherman in Colorado and Alaska. He devoted most of his free time to climbing in the mountains. In 1977…

Words 557 - Pages 3

Essay on Antisocial Personality Disorder and Alex Supertramp

Tuck MW 5PM 3 December 2014 Literary Analysis of Into the Wild In John Krakauers Into the Wild, the main character is a man named Christopher McCandless. Christopher was born in El Segundo, California, but was raised in Virginia. Chris was the first of two children to Walt and Billie McCandless. He was an introvert and enjoyed doing things differently than what was considered to be normal, these are traits that he continued to display into adulthood. Chris loved the outdoors. His passion for being…

Words 1212 - Pages 5

Essay on Visual Rhetorical Analysis: Into the Wild

Name: Lu Seng Chuin ENGL250 FD Visual Rhetorical Analysis: Into The Wild (Rough Draft) The movie “Into The Wild” is a true story depicts the desperation of a young Emory graduate, Christopher Johnson McCandless, to flee from the invisible binding of societal pressure and family problems; and worked his way through the unusual journey to Alaskan. The story began with his college graduation and inner frustration to his broken family, then proceeds through a series of events full with…

Words 1052 - Pages 5

Christopher Mccandless A Narcissist Analysis

Christopher McCandless in Krakauer’s Into the Wild is without contest an epitomic example of an idealistic young man He is simply in rebellion of the values set before him by society and his family. McCandless may be thus considered so, and this conclusion may be brought forth by investigating how McCandless in turn interpreted his world. As we know, McCandless, obviously a romantic as indicated by the way he perceived works by various poets and authors- specifically Thoreau- viewed his environment…

Words 636 - Pages 3