Christopher McCandless

I personally dont think that he is an inspiration. Why would you want to leave a loving and caring upper middle class family and just decide to leave them behind in the dust. Yes his parents fought and argued all the time but that it no reason to just abandon your family for basically nothing then d...

I think that he is a fool. He left an upper middle class family with all the every day luxuries ( tv, running water, electricity, etc.) . Yes I know his parents did spend more time working than they did with the rest of the family, and yes Chris didn't like that, he thought that it was money that wa...

I think that he burned all his money because when he started his adventure, I guess he wanted to "Start" his life over again from basically nothing. Yes he did get more jobs along the way but I guess that was a part of his plan, he only needed the money for basic survival, not for luxury.

I would think that he would have learned a lesson (say if he was found on deaths row and found last second) maybe go back to see the people that had changed his trip and share his adventures with them. Chris would probably have written a book about his adventures and his near death experience. Lastl...