Into the Wild Blog #3

20 different things about Chris that I learned:
1. Young                                          11. focused
2. High-Strung                                 12. determinated
3. confident                                      13.  He never gives up
4. immature                                      14. He always has to find an answer to everything
5. ignorant                                        15.good morals and values
6. adventurous                                  16. giving
7. rich                                               17. misunderstood
8. he likes to talk about traveling     18. wants to be independent
9. educated                                        19. struggles with who he is.
10. has little common sence              20. hardworker
     I believe Chris's first intentions were to be a different person for a while. I guess he wanted to try out being a different person. See a different perspective of someone else other than himself. His relationship with his parents seem vague at this point. His parents don't listen to what he is saying to them. They are giving him "things" that he doesn't exactly need or want. They are struggling to buy his affection. I wasn't very surprised when I read Chris's note to his parents. I kind of expecting it to read something along the lines of what it said.
     For someone to take that much of an extreme action with their life, they must have had a life-changing or near-death experience. There is a reason for everything. No one randomly thinks to themselves, "Hey, why don't I give away my life savings, burn everything in my wallet, and go hang out in the woods for a bit." It just doesn't happen, unless an event occurred that we don't know about. Like in the old westerns, Chris could have robbed a bank, but got away with it because the sherrif told him to leave the town by morning or regret it forever. Clearly, he picked leave the town but took it to a very dramatic measure and burnt his money along with his identity. Someone could have pulled an Insception and planted an idea into his mind while sleeping to start new and begin a fresh start. But, he couldn't get the idea out of his mind until he actually accomplished it or even tried. Chris also could have just gotten sick of being Chris. Chris being someone he wasn't or didn't want to be anymore. What it looks like to me is that Chris's parents created Chris other then Chris creating Chris. He could have just wanted to start new with a new life and name.