Mccandless's Death For The Death Of Chris Mccandless

In Jon Krakauer’s non-fiction novel Into the Wild the well off, upper-middle-class, Chris McCandless disappears donating all of his savings to charity and hitchhiking to Alaska to live off the land, but 119 days later he is found having starved to death at the age of 24. Chris McCandless was and is a very heavily discussed topic due to the mysteries of how he died. His “Great American Odyssey” was short, but lack of divulging his plan to anyone else left it in a shroud of guesswork and minimal evidence.But despite that there is just enough evidence to show that Chris McCandless was for the most part, at fault for his own death.
There is a strong claim on the other hand, that McCandless’ death was attributed to a series of unfortunate events
Finally, when choosing his plants to eat, he unfortunately gathered and ate a batch of seeds and “it wasn’t the seeds of the wild potato that had done McCandless in, [...] instead, by mold that had been growing on those seeds”(194). The new information about the seeds’ involvement in McCandless’ death proves that the poisoning was not mistaking a plant, but something indistinguishable. Making his death not his fault, but unluckily choosing the wrong patch of the same plant. His death therefore is attributed to chance and not some lapse in judgment, making his death not his fault. Even though Chris McCandless made mistakes on his way to his death, the main reason he died was that he was simply, unlucky. All of Chris’ “misfortunes” can actually be traced back to his own arrogance and short-sightedness that put him in the proximity of chance. After deciding to come to Lake Mead, Chris “[ignores] posted warnings that off-road driving is strictly forbidden, [and] steer[s] the Datsun off the pavement where it crossed a broad sandy wash”(27).Others argue that because the rain is what destroyed
He was extremely admirable in the fact that he had the courage to live out his dream. He said he would live off of the land for 100 days and he did. Most people always have that dream vacation, the goal or rite of passage that they always say they will do. But when the opportunity arrives for them to achieve their dream, they shy away at the first sign of risk. And Chris followed through and knew he was going to live out his dream or die