I believe that Chris was one such person. Everyone in there life will come across that one interesting, special person who in a way touches their heart. Jan Burres, Wayne Westerberg and Ronald Franz all felt a special connection to the young, confident hitchhiker. Chris was bright, interesting, and enthused about the world around him, all reasons why Chris left the three feeling the way they did.
~When Christopher McCandless decided to leave his family in Virginia and start life a new, he was not aware of how many life people he would befriend he would acquire along the way. These people found this kid who was different, respectful, intelligent etc., and found it refreshing, new, and different. He believed that by going into the wild, completely severing all ties from the outside world, would he truly find his self of belonging, his soul, his natural behavior as a man, his primordial beast. Chris had a different perspective on life. However, I believe that is precisly why they all felt the way they did. I don’t think anyone could really grasp why anyone like him would ever have their heart set on such a dangerous idea to trek alone in the wilderness grossly unprepared. He was personable, friendly, humble, modest, intelligent, enjoyable, just an all around good kid, a quality one does not see often in a man his age. I believe Chris left such an impact on these people simply because of how different he was from the rest of society. Each of them in their interviews admitted that Chris seemed incredibly smart. ~Each of these individuals Chris came into contact with was left with a great impression about McCandless. And now he’d slipped painlessly out of Ron Franz’s life as well.” P. “He’d successfully kept Jan Burres and Wayne Westerberg at arms length, flitting in and out of their lives before anything was expected of him. Franz and Chris became very close and spent a lot of time together, until Chris announced he was finally taking the ultimate adventure to the Alaskan wilderness. Before leaving, Franz asked if he could adopt Chris, but McCandless quickly fled the rapidly arising intimacy Franz was not afraid to hide. The next individual who gave a ride to Alex was and elderly man by the name of Ronald Franz. She was surprised at how enthralled he was about some literary books she was trying to sell, authors including Tolstoy, London and Wells. According to Jan, Chris was extremely social, and unusual quality for a boy who desires to drop human contact all together to live on his own. Here, Jan really was allowed to see the personality of Chris McCandless. They took him back to Niland, where he helped Jan sell items at a flea market. Westerberg thought Alex was the “hardest worker he had ever met.” p.18 Jan Burre and her boyfriend also picked Alex up. He housed Chris fed him, and gave him a job. Westerberg had given Chris a job for a couple of days. Three particular individuals picked Chris up along his adventure, Jan Burre, Wayne Westerberg, and Ronald Franz. All three were left with a strange feeling after they learned about his death. Chris McCandless trekked across the United States for almost two years before he finally met his demise living almost purely off the land.
When Chris discovered a disturbing family secret that led to the discovery of his half brother, all of Chris’ relationships deteriroated, and he left all he knew behind, hoping to find himself in the wild. X- Christopher had a good home, was well educated, and had a good family, even though Chris thought otherwise.
These were people who were affected by the unusual personality of Chris, aka Alexader Supertramp, as he intoduced himself along his expedition. These were random people who happned to pick the vagabond up on the side of some street. Many wrote letters describing Chris as some ignorant kid who did not know what he was doing, but others, reacted in a more personal manner. 157 When Christopher McCandless's died in the Alaskan interior, people from all over the country reacted in different ways. The solitude and total freedom of the wilderness created a perfect setting for either melancholy or exultation." p. It not only offered an escape from society but also was an ideal stage for the Romantic individual to excise the cult that he frequestly made with his own soul. ~"Wilderness appealed to those bored or disgusted with man and his works. Explain why McCandless left such a strong impression on each of them. Consider three people who befriended Chris: Jan Burre, Ronald Franz, and Westerberg.
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