Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Ultimately, Chris is crazy

So about this book into the wild. I am pretty pissed at this kid Chris. He is so ungrateful, and I'm kinda like how dare he do some of the things that he has done, especially to his family. He uses people to get ahead, and then when he's done with them, he throws them aside. In the case with Franz, he really hurt him. Of course Chris didn't care because he's selfish. He hurt that little girl that had a crush on him. Oh, did you all read that note that he wrote about his parents in chapter seven? It's on page 64, or if you have a different book, the first italicized passage of this chapter. This passage totally concedes my point about how prickly this dude is. Even the people that came into contact with him said that had they known his past they wouldn't have been as friendly with him because of his relationship with his parents. I also think that he cannot think for himself. He takes the ideals of others and then incorporates them into his life. He follows the example of Thoreau; he doesn't yield to the flesh. I actually commend him for that, but he should have done that because of his own reckoning. I still think he was embarrassed at his job at McDonald's. Of course this was the life that he choose, but when his crazy life came into contact with those who are normal i think he got a little nervous about it. His colleagues said that he was a little standoffish, so he obviously had something to hide. Some feel that he just didn't want visitors and he wanted to go about his life by himself, but i think otherwise. If that were the case then he would have been the same way everywhere he went, but he wasn't. In certain atmospheres he was a little more comfortable with those around him, so he'd let them in on his secret. All in all he is really indecisive. People say that i just don't get him, but I do. He is a selfish, rich kid that thinks that everything comes easily to him. Instead of having his life handed to him he wants to work for it. Understandable, but he is whacked out.

4 comments:

Ashley English said...

I agree with Tiff. I think Chris' parent's made a mistake handed him everyhthing in life instead of him working for it. Now he wants to survive on his own but in a "crazy" way. Chris wants to live in nature and prove to his parents that he does not need them, but he proves that he needs some people (and not just nature) to help him survive. Chris has some issues.

Jeremy said...

well, let's agree to disagree. I will agree though that Chris was selfish

TV said...

so...Chris is selfish? Really? Are you sure? If you follow through with that logic, then going on a carefree adventure with no attachments is selfish, changing many people's lives for the better is selfish, and giving over 20,000 dollars to charity is also selfish.

Unknown said...

WHAT TIM SAID! Seriously though. You have to see both sides of what's going on. Chris did what was right for him. He did what made him happy. And I don't believe that he was crazy. Nick D. was talking to me the other day & he explained that if anything, Chris is the most normal person out of all of us. He wanted to be on his own, and live off of the earth rather then the materialistic world that we live in. Who knows? Maybe he just wanted to get in touch with himself. Am i making sense? If not, my apologies.