Into The Wild =]

I am really liking this book because it is showing me that anyone can do whatever they enjoy doing as long as you put your heart in it. Chris enjoys being outdoors and wanted to be away from society for a while to go out into the wild and experience life in a different way. I think it was very brave of him to do this because he didn't know if he was even going to survive out in the wild and he took the chance anyways. Although he does find a bus that helps him live out in the wild and some people don't consider this "living in the wild", I still think he did some amazing things for going out into the wild. Like going down a river and not having any experience on how to kayak or killing animals and skinning them in order to stay alive. ( I think this is very sad, but if this is the only way that he will survive while living in the wild than I think he has an excuse for doing this).
I am a little confused on the fact that he was living a very good life before he decided to go out into the wild. His parents were willing to do many things for him like buy him a car and pay for school. He did not want to accept this for some reason and I am still confused about why he didn't take this chance keep leaving a good life. Either Chris is a little confused about life himself or he is really looking at life in a different perspective and realizes that everyone dies someday, so he wants to die happy even if it hurts his family.