When I was sitting in the Ferguson Center for the Arts during my session of setting sail and someone told me that the freshman class had to read a book over the summer, I was not happy at all. Since a young age I have always been good at math and science defiantly not English. So having to read a book over my last summer at home was upsetting. I read the book off and on all summer but couldn’t really get into the story line. I thought Chris McCandless was stupid to give up all his money and leave a great life in Georgia for a life of uncertainty in the wilderness. After listening to his parents talk about his life and all the details about his adventure after graduation, I came to realize that there was more to the story then what I first thought.
I believe Chris wanted more in life then what his parents could give him. He wanted to find out what the world was like from his own experiences and faults. The trip he took that summer was a chance for him to learn about the world and discover a new sense of himself. He didn’t know where he belonged and I feel that the journey was just a way for him to find out. His parents said that in all the pictures that Chris took on his trip he was smiling. I feel that is an important detail, Chris didn’t leave everything because he wanted to but that he felt like he had to, to live. It was in his heart to take the journey and he never gave up on what he wanted to accomplish. That I believe leads in to the question whether his adventure was spiritual, or not. I feel that it was a spiritual adventure for Chris because he didn’t think of it as a vacation but as a chance to find himself. He was always a Christian boy and went to church with his family. His mother explained that all his letters were signed with God Bless. This shows still as he went on this journey he was devoted to his ideals and trusted in God.
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