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How Did Christopher Mccandless Influence On Into The Wild
I believe that Christopher McCandless was influenced by a great deal of circumstances, according to the information I have encountered during my time with the book called “Into the Wild,” one of those conditions was apparently his philosophical beliefs. I felt that his beliefs of being able to survive on his own without anybody’s help was only one of the foolish mistakes he had made throughout his whole escapade. There was a great deal of help offered to him in order for him to survive longer or even just make his adventure much easier than it would’ve been. According to Krakauer, “Gallien, a union worker who was the last person to see McCandless, offered to drive Alex, McCandless, all the way to Anchorage, buy him some decent gear…’No thanks

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