A true adventure of a lifetime

A true Adventure of a lifetime 

“Two years he walks the earth, no phone, no pool, no pets, no cigarettes. Ultimate freedom. An extremist. An aesthetic voyager whose home is the roads. Escaped from Atlanta. Thou shalt not return, ‘cause “the West is the best.” And now after two rambling years comes the final and greatest adventure, the climactic battle to kill the false being within and victoriously conclude the spiritual revolution. Ten days and nights of freight trains and hitchhiking bring him to the great white North. No longer to be poisoned by civilization he flees, and walks alone upon the land to become lost in the wild. – Alexander Supertramp, May 1992"(Krakauer 163).

Inspiration or fool?

This part from the book show exactly how McCandless feels about his life journey so far. From the context he is, proud and content from living with no luxuries. He is also excited for his Alaskan adventure. Maybe he intends to die in the wilderness, he constantly writes his "final" adventure and "Thou shalt not return" this could imply that he is walking into the wilderness to die. This part also shows that he flees to the American west for independence and freedom. He also like that he is alone far from society in a which is his ultimate freedom. He also feels as if this final journey can be his chance to not only live freely for the first time in his life, but to also experience living completely, even if he dies young.