Sunday, February 28, 2010
Group E response
I feel that Chris's family problems certainly fueled his desire to go far far away. While most kids that have issues with thier parents simply avoid them he seemed to be more socially engaged with his. His parents were supportive and cared about him deeply so it's wierd to wonder why he disliked them so much. I think personally that Chris was just a social outcast but only because of himself. He liked it this way and wanted to stay this way and not depend on society for more than he'd have to. While it is crazy that he would do something like this and go out on his own, he justified this with himself in any way he needed to. And the fuel for his fire was his own parents.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
McCandless over reacted, sure he had his fair amount of of family problems but who hasn't? I agree with you, Chris' reason to go out into the wild came from the fact that he was a social out cast in desperate need of something significant in his life. Consequentially he found refuge from all his problems in the wild where no one know him, and he was just somebody else.
ReplyDeleteI agree, McCandless did seem to have a few issues with his father, but for the most part they were supportive of what he did, even paying for his college after he disobeyed them during his road trip before college. I think Chris always had a plan to go to the wild and he used his parents as a reason to do it.
ReplyDelete