So I am heading into chapter 18 and I am realizing how unfortunate the events were that were leading up to Chris' death. Everything that happened to him was so unfortunate, and it was like inevitable for him to die. He escaped death so many times, and constantly played with his life like he was exempt from it. I'm trying to speed through this book because it is depressing. Like I think he was ignorant in a sense to what was out there, and because of his easy upbringing he figured that life out in the wild was going to be easy.
Yea it was cute that he cared about the animals that he killed, and he raved on and on about not being able to save the meat before it spoiled. He let his love for nature control him, and contort him from thinking about things realistically.
It was too bad that Chris died before he got to reconcile with his family. It was almost shocking when I caught the connection between Krakauer and McCandless. They were so similar in so man aspects. So Krakauer's realization shows us how things could have ended up for Chris had he survived.
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I don't think that chris was ignorant of what nature could truly do. He was more of an idealist, trying to be optimistic in his current situation. As for the caring about animals, how else should person feel after taking the life of an animal? for me, there is nothing wrong with being considerate of the life of another, and perhaps we should all do so. It would put us in touch with the natural world...
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