Family Deception

"he was very to himself. He wasn't antisocial- he always had friends, and everybody liked him- but he could go off and entertain himself for hours. He didn't seem to need toys or friends. He could be alone without being lonely" (Krakauer 107).

Topic: The Dynamics of Family

Growing up in an environment where everything happening around you was contradicting itself, it makes sense why Chris McCandless learned at a very young age to be so comfortable enjoying his own company. With his parents fighting and lying all the time, Chris and his sister Carine, became very close. They were able to count on each other when anything was going wrong. Through all of the deception his parents put him through, he grew apart from people and wanted to have nothing to do with what society said was correct. Nature was always a way for Chris to escape his hectic home life. When entering the wild, it was a sense of freedom in every possible way. He started fresh, away from his parents, society, lies and everything in between. Changing his name to Alex, he wished to start a new adventure with no distractions to just enjoy the natural beauty of earth and life. His family drove him to a point where he did not even want to have their same name. As a child, your surroundings usually rub off on you and you usually act the same as the people around you. Alex on the other hand had it rub off on him, but in the opposite manner. He despised everything his family did and portrayed, so he set off to start his own destiny.