Christopher McCandless

I really want to know. Why do you hate on Chris? I want to hear truly why, not because he was "dumb", not because he was lacking the equipment, lacking common sense, you think he was autistic/retarded or any other reason I heard. I have to be honest once I started reading the book a couple...

No, it was clear in both the book and movie and from his sister that Chris was scared of relationships. There was even some argument that he could be gay, but I definitely disagree with that. Chris just wanted to explore himself, get away from his hypocritical parents and away from society and relat...

I truly don't think so, it was said he didn't have a map he made his own of the area he was in. Chris literally just walked blindly in the wilderness of Alaska with the intention of living off the land.

I have been deeply affected by this book. Just like Chris I tried to runaway from my family, but instead of living off the wild I just moved out of state. God definitely had a plan for Chris and I agree with most people, it's so sad that Chris died so young, but he died for a reason. He not only reu...