When things do not go the way you want in life, most people tend to withdraw or wish for a way to escape from the world. I think that these men just had very difficult issues with their family. I know even with my family that there are sometimes I just wish I could go away and not have to worry about any of it. The only thing is life is life and it gives you hard times. Sometimes life and family knock you down but you have to keep on going anyway. If I decided to give up on life every time that someone hurt me or made me upset well then I would have given up LONG ago. Living life through the hard times is what makes you a strong and independent person. I think that these men just were not strong enough to face that they had problems in their life and families. They wanted to just go on with life as if nothing was wrong but its not possible. When problems in your life are not dealt with, you tend to spiral downward and do crazy things that you would not normally do. Sometimes problems arise with family like insecurity or not feeling approval from parents, especially dads, but there should be no obstacle big enough to separate family.

Krakauer did a good job writing this book; however, I feel that he is kind of biased in his writings. Instead of staying objective and using a the same level of pathos,logos, and ethos, krakauer uses a majority of pathos. Do not get me wrong, pathos is a very effective rhetoric to use; however, instead of being object he writes very biased about Chris McCandless. His opinion is fine but he seems to develop the book mainly based on his own opinion and feelings rather then solid facts that you can see. So i guess if I was going go write a book like this, I would dedicate myself to massive research and then write from an objective viewpoint instead of just spewing out what I thought or felt about the character.

I think that in a sense it would be nice to have someone who cared about your well being especially if I was on the odds with my parents. My parents and I are very much alike and we are all stubborn and like to be right. Because of this alikeness, my parents and I sometimes clash on things especially when its things about my life in general. My best friend's mom is in a sense my second mom and its nice when I can go and talk to her about issues I have with my family and I know that she wont judge me but give me good advice because she cares about me. So having someone care about me would be nice ; however, I do not think that I would want them to necessarily adopt me. My family is my family regardless and I would not want to change that. I think Chris McCandless did not want to let anyone adopt him or take care of him because he seemed to have a somewhat fear of emotional entanglement. He did not want to care about people because of issues that he had with his own personal issues. Until he dealt with these issues, I dont think that anything could have kept him from going to Alaska. He seemed to think that an adventure into the cold Alaskan wilderness would help fix things but Chris needed to find a different way of dealing with his problems.

well to be honest I didnt really even like any of the campaigners for the last election. I just kind of voted for McCain because of my beliefs, views, and morals. I voted for him even though I knew he was gonna lose but I felt that I should stand for what I believed. The main thing I hate about the election campaigns is that everybody trashes every one. I know that they all want to win but I feel that there are better ways to go about it. I hate when I'm watching T.V and every commercial between my show , there are these people I dont even know going on about how horrible the other people are. Personally for me, those campaigns are a turnoff for me. I have just never really understood or liked to watch, hear, or see anything political. I just vote because if I dont vote then technically I can't complain about our nation.