into the wild #2

Chris McCandless and John Mallon Waterman we alike in many ways. The first and most obvious was that they both grew up in the same Washington suburb. Both of them attended college but then after graduation didnt use the education they had gotten. Neither of them liked civilization very much and spent a lot of time away from it. Chris on his adventures and John mountain climbing. Another similarity was they both were into politics for a while. Chris went so far as to create a Republican club in college and John even ran for president. Both of them kind of realized they wouldnt be coming back from their last trip and said their goodbyes ahead of time Cris could have been influenced by people like John becasue he saw all of their failures and thought he could outdo them and succeed. He also saw how far they had gotten and knew that if they could get that far then he could too. Chris is very overconfident in his abilities that he becomes foolish at times. He wanted to be the best at everything and to prove to himself that he was better than these other people he needed to do what they did and make it harder. The one thing he didn't learn from them was how to survive and when enough was enough.