Subject of Into the Wild who died in the Alaskan wilderness; his story elicits both criticism for being a privileged white guy and sympathy for his tragic death.
"similarly, you see this in mccandless, the beats, jesse james, and so on. i just wish i knew where to find the courage that these people did, even if it ended in ill effect. they captured a kind of freedom i think we all want to know."
"I think that what Christopher McCandless did was incredibly stupid. I also understand why he did it on a deep level. I find the way that people talk about him to be very callous and cruel. The average BMI of an Auschwitz survivor was 13. His was 10."
"I think that what Christopher McCandless did was incredibly stupid. I also understand why he did it on a deep level. I find the way that people talk about him to be very callous and cruel."