I thought this was a great book. I had read a few chapters of it at my university for my Expository Writing class and found Chris McCandless's story compelling. I decided to read the entire book shortly thereafter.
I was brought up in a very religious household and went to private schools up until the end of high school. I then enrolled in a public university. At the same time I read this book, I understood very well the same struggles the protagonist was going through. Civilization is so full of hypocrisy and lies. As one reviewer put it: it will..."make you lose your marbles and sense of perspective". But seriously, just contemplate for example the founding of this country. Once you educate yourself enough and stop reading biased texts, you'll realize this country was founded by slave owners who wanted to be free (slavery was abolished for a short period around the declaration of independence so our founding fathers could less visibly be seen as scumbags). I can totally understand McCandless's sojourn into the wild, however tragic its ending.
I was brought up in a very religious household and went to private schools up until the end of high school. I then enrolled in a public university. At the same time I read this book, I understood very well the same struggles the protagonist was going through. Civilization is so full of hypocrisy and lies. As one reviewer put it: it will..."make you lose your marbles and sense of perspective". But seriously, just contemplate for example the founding of this country. Once you educate yourself enough and stop reading biased texts, you'll realize this country was founded by slave owners who wanted to be free (slavery was abolished for a short period around the declaration of independence so our founding fathers could less visibly be seen as scumbags). I can totally understand McCandless's sojourn into the wild, however tragic its ending.
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