The Road vs Into the Wild

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to love and trust his father, even while he begins to have and more reservation about his father’s choices. In a sense, when it is time for the father to die is when the son is mature enough to make his own moral decisions for the future. Chris McCandles’s journey to Alaska brought forth the idea of happiness from only nature itself. Alexander Supertramp isolated himself from conformity and the rest of the society. Alexander’s goal was to fully understand what true happiness was and to escape the rest of the world. His journey to Alaska was a journey within a journey. During his journey to Alaska Alexander Supertramp was trying to be independent. His journey was very symbolic, as Alexander he could finally judge and see the world through its true nature, by living without the comforts and support system provided by his wealth. Both young boys show a change in character on their journey and although they did many hours of walking and hiking they truly evolve as different people. ...

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son to be able to make executive decisions and all of the controlling of his father in the past was to just protect him and guide for the choices he will have to make in the future. Although readers are only introduced a minimal amount the Chris McCandles father in Into the Wild audience members are able to predict he was controlling. Chris had many reasons to taking a trip to Alaska however one vital reason he left was to escape his father. Chris’s father was always trying to pay his son off with gifts and just make sure everything in his life was perfect. By things being perfect Mr. McCandles thought that meant having a new car, a good education, receiving large amounts of money, and ...

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