Into the Anatomy of Chris McCandless

The first word that comes to mind when I think of the main character of Into the Wild is respect.  His name is Chris McCandless and he has done something that not many people would be able to bring themselves to do.  He stripped himself of all material objects, packed up only what was absolutely necessary to survive, donated all his money to charity, burned whatever was left in his wallet...and went into the wild.  He disconnected himself from his family as well.  In doing this he was able to become the purest he possibly could.  To further distance himself he changed his name to Alexander Supertramp.

Alex is a very intriguing person to me.  I feel so connected to him because it is something I have always wanted to do myself.  I have so much respect for him for being able to pull through with it.  I am hoping to live in Australia for about four years, and at the end of that, somehow make it to Alaska.  I want to leave with nothing but a back pack of belongings and have no intentions in communicating with anybody during my journey.  I also have to specific time limit for this, I want to avoid as many restrictions as possible.

I hope that I am able to "succeed" just as Alex did.  I also relate to his feeling towards his family.  I believe I would be successful because I do not have many ties at home.  I do not have a big, close family as others may have, and I like to be believe I am extremely independent, even at my young age.  I look at Alex as a role model for my own future and plan in  following in his inspirational footsteps.