Hi,
the usual questions about what went on in a person's brain who died many years ago. We only know what he wrote in his letters, journal and notes, as well as some things he said to people he knew or met. So no one will be able to really answer your questions.
mcmp2000 wrote:What are some major reasons he went to the Wild?
He told different people about it and here is what he wrote on wood in the bus:
"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. Escaped from
Atlanta. Thou shalt not return, 'cause "the west is the best. " And now after two rambling
years comes the final and greatest adventure. The climactic battle to kill the false being within and victoriously conclude the spiritual revolution. Ten days and nights of freight
trains and hitchhiking bring him to the great white north. No longer to be poisoned by
civilization he flees, and walks alone upon the land to become lost in the wild."So he wanted to get away from everything, find himself, whatever, but he also intended to come back, at least back to civilization, after a few months.
Personally I think that the lecture of "Walden" by H. D. Thoreau, that McCandless also read and apparently liked a lot, could also explain some things. It might be that Chris dreamt about following Thoreau's example in some aspects.
mcmp2000 wrote:What did he learn?
How could we know because he didn't come back to tell, nor did he write a lot about his thoughts during his stay in the bus or the surroundings.
One thing he had to learn was the fact that a river in Alaska does not look the same in July as in April.
What he might have learned about himself, he was probably the only one who knew it.
mcmp2000 wrote:Do you agree with him?
What exactly do you mean? Agree with the whole trip and all the things he did after leaving Atlanta? Or with what he said or wrote?