Do you feel, as one letter writer did, that there is “nothing positive at all about Chris McCandless’ lifestyle or wilderness doctrine …surviving a near death experience does not make you a better human it makes you damn lucky” (116); or do you see something admirable or noble in his struggles and adventures? Was he justified in the pain he brought to family and friends in choosing his own solitary course in life?
I do not feel like the writer did, I thought there was a lot of positive things going on in his life, throughout his entire trip he was extremely lucky with all the people he met and were willing to help him out. He did make very drastic decisions and put himself in danger a lot. I think he personally went out into the wild to be just like the many authors he admires.
Read the italicized passage on page 168 that McCandless wrote and the italicized passage he highlighted from Tolstoy on page 169. Based on these writings and events in this chapter, what convinced McCandless that it was time to return to civilization? What did he learn from his time “in the wild”?
He decided it was his time to leave the wild because he meant so many new people that changed his opinion about the way humans function, and how the are civilized. I feel he thought he could accept his family for who they are if things didnt end the way they did, if the book ended on a different note I am sure it would have been a happy ending about his changed opinions.
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