Friday, January 30, 2015

Why did McCandless discard his identity and past life without a backwards look in Into the Wild?

First, his past identity and life troubled him.  He had an
estranged relationship with his father, and could see little point in living his life
according to the formula others had given him.  By the time he has the small ceremony
and burns his license, social security card and money, he is firmly dedicated to this
idea of being completely free.


In other words, this isn't a
rash and spontaneous act on the part of Chris McCandless, it is the next logical step to
someone who is both literally and figuratively stepping of into the wild.  Rather than a
troubling event, it seems as though he found it quite
liberating.

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