McCandless Family Issues

McCandless' want to go to the wild came from the problems that he developed at home with his parents. The double life of his dad and the pressure to succeed in life eventually boiled into frustration and hate, the only place where he found peace after what he had been through was the peaceful wild. This turned into his refuge and his sanctuary where he could escape the torments of the world and finally find inner peace.

Krakauer

Much of what Krakauer says you to take him for his word, and I feel like a lot of what he says are based on his functions and opinions. Krakauer should have made more of an effort to clarify the truth of reality or the facts and what is much of his biased. I would name this novel the Untold Story of Chris McCandless.

Would I change my name?

I highly doubt that I would let myself be adopted by someone even if they seemed to be more caring and showed more interest in me. I have developed strong connections with my family over the years and I highly doubt that someone coming along would change this. My name has become something that is part of my identity and that other people connect with.
McCandless objective by going to Alaska was to get away from everybody including his own family, he refused to be adopted because he did not want to develop anymore connections. In truth if he had agreed to the adoption he would have had some type of obligation to remain there, and this would have thwarted his objective.

Hitchhiking

I've done some hitchhiking myself in some remote areas in Brazil where farmers picked me up and took me to my destination. I believe that a few remote cases of violence have ruined the beauty of hitchhiking and the companionship that is developed between the driver and the hiker. Urban areas are out of the question to hike on largely because of an alarming increase in violence and kidnappings. Perhaps hitchhiking is something that has lost its place because it requires trust and well being in one another something that is becoming less and less apparent in the 21st century.