Wednesday, March 27, 2013

In Into the Wild, where did Chris McCandless have all of his mail forwarded to?

The answer to this question can be found in Chapter Seven,
which details Chris's time working in South Dakota with Wayne Westerberg on his farm.
Although Chris did not spend much time in this location, he chose this to be his
permanent address in terms of where he wanted his mail to be sent. Note what he wrote to
Wayne in the last postcard that he sent:


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Please return all mail I receive to the sender.
It might be a very long time before I return
South.



This shows that Chris
McCandless chose this location to be his permanent address and had all mail sent to this
location. Let us remember that Chris had turned his back on all of civilisation in his
desire to go "into the wild," and leaving his mail and correspondence like this was just
another symbol of his rejection of civilisation.

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