"Two years he walks the earth. No phone, no pool, no pets, no cigarettes. Ultimate freedom. An extremist. An aesthetic voyager whose home is the road" (Krakauer 163).
Type: Inspiration or Fool
Chris McCandless has become known as many different things, but to me he has become an inspiration. It takes a lot of strength to stay true to yourself and cut out the main source in life that is usually your support, your family. Chris did this when entering the wild. He had the courage and desire to voyage into nature alone. Chris, who changed his name to Alex, wanted to set his own destiny rather than have it be defined by his family and their mistakes or by what the world wanted him to be. It is very admirable how driven Alex was to stay true to his beliefs and actions. He wanted to be freedom from any deceit around him. I relate to Alex because I feel more at home and relaxed in nature. Although he should have better prepared himself for his journey, I still believe that he has inspired many people to follow their own dreams in life rather than what others try to force upon them or what the world tries to conform them to be.
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