Having Chris McCandless parents come talk to us really opened my eyes. I didn't know what to except from them but when i got out of the seminar i really appreciated what i learned. Listening to them tell us about Chris's life before he went on the journey made me realize that he was very similar to my own life. I don't like playing by the rules but yet i wont ever break any rules and get in trouble. Chris had the perfect life and he just bored of it one day and wanted to experience more. It really made me rethink what i first thought about Chris. When i was reading the book, i just thought he was stupid for leaving everyone and not telling them where he was going and making his parents worry about him so much. His parents made a good point though about that, he didn't want to be found and if he had told them where he was going he wont of gotten the freedom he wanted. He wanted to just leave everything behind and not have to worry about what people were thinking or what they were going to say when he came back. I have always wanted to do this one day. Just up and leave my life and go somewhere and not have anything but myself and how I was going to survive that day. There has always been so much going on around me and I some days i just want to leave it all behind.
I think Chris' adventure was a little bit spiritual in a way. He seemed like he was trying to find god in a way. He wanted to leave all his material possessions behind him and go find the better life. In my mind God sort of helped him through his journey. He keep him save for this whole adventure until the end. All in all this seminar really hit home for me and helped me understand the McCandless's story a whole lot more.
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