Chris Mccandless The Wild Argumentative Essay

The snow, the cold, loneliness and starvation. Alaska in the miserable winter. These are all the things Christopher McCandless endeavored (or tried to endeavor), on his adventure through the wilderness. Before embarking on his life-changing road-trip, he burnt his money and ran. Was he running, hiding, or starting over? Chris could’ve been planning on an unplanned return after his trip, despite the extremes he persevered through. But nonetheless, he was gone without a trace. Missing in action like he had disappeared into thin air. His material life that his parents had formed was nothing but the past to Chris. He was a college graduate who wanted to break free from the nullifying snobbery his family upheld. No Harvard Law School, mansion, or

McKinley. His name was Christopher Johnson McCandless. He had given a $25,000 in savings to a charity, abandoned his car and most of his possessions, burned all the cash in his wallet, and invented a new life for himself. Four months later, his decomposed body was found by a moose hunter.” (Krakauer) Reads the front illustration of the exhilarating mystery about a man who sought happiness. Jubilation only discovered within nature’s days and nights. Through the rain, sun, trees and wind Chris walked. The elements did not wear him thin but only he shed his name, his family and his past. Christopher Johnson McCandless renamed himself Alexander Supertramp from West Virginia. He did not falter to live every single moment of his life until his last day on earth. If you had asked most Alaskan natives, they would have said that Chris was “stupid and ill-prepared”. This is when the argument between him being arrogant or ignorant. Personally, his heart led him to Alaska and he lived his dream with an endearing fulfillment. He may have suffered and been ill-prepared with little knowledge but his smile says it all. Photographic proof shows that Christopher McCandless was living ‘Carpe Diem’

wealthy suburb. Usually when you hear the words “wealthy suburb” in a statement you’re used to selfishness and close-minded arrogance. Chris was the contrary to such a cliché family reputation the McCandless’s were. Such a retrograded 23 year old with an extroverted, warm smile and easy-going conversation. But those who came across him, throughout his self-crusade found him to be a very introverted, disclosed hitchhiker. Which personality was Christopher? An extroverted ambivert is a true way of describing him. Not only introverted occasionally but extroverted and socially adventurous. His travelling entailed hitch-hiking to his next ambitious location, traversing new grounds. Chris met so many on the way including Jan Burres, Bob, Wayne Westerberg, Ron Franz, Gaylord Stuckey, and many more. But, the last man to ever see Christopher McCandless alive was Jim Gallien. The man who spared an extra pair of boots, a sandwich, and two bags of corn chips to him. Those were the people Chris would never forget and they would never forget him. Supertramp wanted to find peace within him and nature. His reputation was not a “nutcase