One of the earlier quotes that comes from a letter that
Chris sent to his sister is very important in pointing out the kind of values that Chris
had and developed in opposition to his parents and their offer to help him out
financially. In response to being offered a new car, note what he
says:
I'm
going to have to be real careful not to accept any gifts from them in the future because
they will think they have bought my
respect.
This of course is
crucial in the way that it presents Chris's tough independent spirit and the way that he
looks down on financial wealth and money. Again, this is supported from a card he wrote
to Wayne Westerburg in Chapter Four:
Tramping is too easy with all this money. My days
were more exciting when I was penniless and had to forage around for my next
meal.
We see the true spirit
of Chris McCandless in this quote and the way that he loved nothing more than to be in
the wilderness dependent on nothing more than his
wits.
Lastly, I would pick the last message Chris sent to
Jan Burres and Bob:
This is the last communication you shall receive
from me. I now walk out to live amongst the
wild.
Here we see Chris
finally succeeding in achieving his goal of entering "the wild," and the way that it
represented for him a definite end of an era in his life where he felt it was necessary
to sever all communication and start fresh.
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