4/2/10 prompt

My opinion of McCandless is the same, that his trip into the wild was something he did own his own and that he felt was right. Like Krakauer said, it was McCandless's intention to go out into the wild without being prepared. The point of his trip was to be relaxing and done without a thought. Though many said that what he was doing was ignorant, they didn't know McCandless for who he was and for what reasons he wanted to go out into the wild. Krakauer did a good job and showing a human side to McCandless, not an ignorant kid looking for something to do. McCandless had a purpose for his trip and Krakauer, through his experiences as well, showed that that ignorance people are calling McCandless's trip is something done by pure spontaneity and with the intention of freeing the mind.

Krakauer did a good job in trying to convince the naysayers that read the book or know of the story but he got his point across by explaining why McCandless did it and the reasoning of maybe why he left everything behind to get freedom in the wilderness.

McCandless is what certain people show try to become, leave all the material, superficial, and unnecessary things and venture towards a clean conscious and find inner peace.