OK, first of all, who goes gallivanting off into the "great unknown" completely unprepared? Apparently Chris McCandless does, cause as I keep reading this book, the more idiotic he appears to me. I mean, he did no research and was therefore completely under prepared. I understand the draw towards nature, but I would never go off on my own adventure with training and researching.
Second of all? Who abandons everyone they care about to go out on some half-baked idea? This is the part I can't understand, no matter how hard I think about it. He throws away all his relationships and his chance at a future without explaining anything to any of the people. Did he not think about how this would crush so many people? I know there are people out there that think that the world would never miss them, or that they don't matter enough to people. But, let me tell you, they couldn't be more wrong. I can speak from experience about this one. I used to think those very thoughts, and then I got a major smack to the face when people started to refer to me as their best friends or their goofy nerd. Or even more shocking, when i get a call from a guy in my class confessing his love for me. No one thinks about these things when they make these choices. And you know what? It brings one specific quote to mind. I don't remember who said it, but it goes, "You never know what you've got, until it's gone." And those words could never be more true. I might even goes as far to say that that might sum up a lot of Chris's life after his big choice. I know there are people who will disagree with me, but oh well!! This is my blog not yours!! And this is how I feel about the novel "Into the Wild."
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