The two had a closer relationship than the average brother and sister, due to their fathers’ random outbursts of rage. Most people would have attempted an escape under those unbearable conditions. Once Chris made it to Alaska he was immersed in nature and everything pure that he set out to find. This simple contentment is not insanity, but human desire for belonging. Although some have criticized Chris for not informing his family of his plans, it is understandable why he didn’t.
However, as I attend college and live by myself, I realized he was right to some extent, and his words came out because he also cared about my future as much as I do. In the movie Smoke Signals, Victor believes his father Arnold abandons him and does not love him. However, after meeting Suzy, finding the word of “home” behind the family photo, and the illusion of Victor’s father giving him a hand melt his heart, and Victor manages to accept and forgive his father. Through these events in the movie, I might look back myself and shadow myself onto Victor; this would be the reason why the process of Victor’s change caught
Boor shows this when he writes, “So you figured it would be better if I just hated myself” (265). The only reason his parents told him the truth is Paul confronted them. While they admitted that he had a right to know, they justified their reason for not telling him earlier. Paul may have understood that his parents’ love led to their over protection but he probably distrusted his parents and their ability to tell him the whole truth. Paul’s parents’ choices changed the direction of his life.
Also, opposing views may argue that, since society relies on people, Chris McCandless’ divorce from social order was selfish. Society obligates its citizens to be successful on its own terms. Many believe you need to get a proper education, a good job with good pay, and a family to be successful in life, but not everyone has dreams of living on a house in the prairie. Not only did Chris achieve moral standards of society, but he moved on to a bigger
In the book, Gary talks about how his television images motivates him to have a way out of Fresno and it kept him fighting to find away out of poverty. He fought for a place where he can plan his roots and be accepted for who is. Gary also had many family conflicts but the biggest one was with his step dad. Gary’s lack of education and being mistreated in school made him think that his future was going to be living in Fresno the rest of his life like his parents did. Gary wants to break away from poverty and keep the next generation out of working in the fields or factories.
Similarly to Jan Burres thoughts on McCandless expedition, Westerberg did not agree with most of McCandless’ ideas, such as traveling to Alaska and leaving his parents, but he admired McCandless passion toward reaching his goal. Westerberg said to Chris during the conversation, “You're a young guy! You can't be juggling blood and fire all the
To Mr. Shears Christopher invaded his life with Judy, which Christopher does not understand I feel empathy for Christopher but as well I also feel that Christopher is a very selfish person. Christopher was very selfish when he ran away from his dad, It was also very selfish of him to show up at his mothers house and expect her to take care of him now. The one thing in my mind I found extremely selfish was Christopher expecting his mother to move back to Swindon so he could take a math course, yes A level maths was important to Christopher but London roger and Judy’s job was very important to Judy but Christopher didn’t see past his own needs. “I’m going to get an a grade, And that’s why I
John Proctor choose to go against the judge s orders for the reputation of his family can be ruin because of his action. This reveals that Proctor is a good man who cares about the good for the people and his family in addition, Proctor dies for what he believes. He believes that his family is before everything. Proctor chooses to die because he decides to give his kids a good reputation so they can
”I think I'm going to disappear for a while”, were the words that McCandless used as farewell to the two people that gave him life(21). Yes, it is one thing to think differently from your parents and to disagree with their lifetime and to despise their actions toward you and those around you; but it is a whole different thing to be cruel and show yourself ungrateful for the “ups” in the life parents have given their children. The reason signaled by him was the fact that he disapproved of his parents’ “moral shortcomings” after finding out Walt, his dad, conceived him while still married to his first wife and left his first family for his mother. Moreover, that Walt McCandless also conceived a half-brother of his after being married to Billie, his mom, with his ex-wife. This snapped something deep down in Chris that led him to alienate his parents from his life and block all feelings he had for them being his procreators and instead look up to the teachings
Christopher Johnson McCandless After his body’s discovery in the Alaskan wilderness, Jon Krakauer wrote a short article for Outsider magazine about Chris McCandless and how he ended up in Alaska. The story remained with him though and he eventually revisited the story, eager to defend Chris from those that sought to speak negatively of him. A great deal of people have spoken out angrily against Chris and his foolish youth who threw away his advantages in life and died in the wild. Krakauer tries to draw out the similarities between the brash youth of most people and McCandless’s odd decisions. McCandless himself is a young and successful college graduate with a good job and money in the bank who one day decides to up and disappear in response