<p>So who has seen the movie Into the Wild or read the book? I sympathize with Chris' family. It seems to me there are two ways of looking at what he did...one is that it was cool for him to be on this journey to find himself..the other is that he was selfish and self centered to leave his family not knowing where he was, or what he was doing. What do you think? At the end of the day, I don't think a kid who was trying to escape the trappings of a conventional life would have ever wanted a movie made to glamorize what he did...unless in the end he was sorry for his actions and would now want to teach others so they learn from his mistakes.</p>
<p>y are you posting a book report?</p>
<p>no just no. ok? He went to an ivy, which was and is full of the "trappings of a conventional life". He did well there. and in the end shot himself in an old van, he was found two weeks later.</p>
<p>Good book, i don't agree with what he did, and i don't really like the type of person he was, but nonetheless it was a good book</p>
<p>no just no. ok? He went to an ivy, which was and is full of the "trappings of a conventional life". He did well there. and in the end shot himself in an old van, he was found two weeks later.</p>
<p>Did you read the book?</p>
<p>He didn't attend an ivy school although he did attend Emory ( Reed stood in , in the film)- he also didn't shoot himself, he starved to death
( exarcerbated by misindentifying a poisonous plant and refusing to eat bear meat that had been illprepared- flies had laid eggs in it- however maggots wont kill you , they in fact provide protein- in situations like that it pays to know which is just distasteful and which is dangerous)</p>
<p>I agree he was egocentric but most young people are- he was doing what he needed to do. I don't identify with it, but I understand it.
I also believe that he had come to terms with himself, and had tried to leave when he found the way out was blocked by the rising river.</p>
<p>He was an idealist and naive. I guess it really depends on how you look at the situation. A part of me thinks he was a complete idiot knowingly marching into his doom, but then there's another part of me that completely empathizes with what he did. In many ways, I admire Chris (even if his actions may have been a bit irrational). I think the way his journey ended is what makes the story so unfortunate.</p>
<p>Heh, had to read and see the movie for AP Lit... </p>
<p>To put it simply, Chris is retarded and got what he deserved...Not sure why we need to idealized an idiot...</p>
<p>(FYI it was a baby moose he killed....)</p>
<p>i had that kids professor for global health at emory. the kid was seriously whacked out because dr. brown is the ****</p>