Eduardo Sanchez English 16
Into the wild journal #1 Professor McCormick

In the book into the wild the character of Christopher Johnson McCandles goes on an adventure and leaves to fulfill his own dreams of going around America backpacking and hitchhiking until he arrives to the his final destination, which is Alaska. He desires to leave behind all that he owns, including family old friends and most importantly any money he had. In the book there are many characters to who one could relate to, like Chris’s sister, his mother Bille and his father Walt. Each character has their own unique personality and I think there is at least one relationship one can relate to with their own lives or with some one else in their lives. If had to pick a character that I believe that I can associate someone with, it would have to be Chris’s Grandfather Loren Johnson and Chris’s father Walt. I would compare their relationship with Chris to My grandfather’s Relationship to my own father and his other siblings. I would have to say that the only ways that they are similar is that Loren did things he disliked, like hunting for example and was also a guide for amateur hunters when Billie and her siblings were young. Despite his love for animals he did it because he had no other form of providing food for and other things for his kids as well. I think for the most part all parents would be willing to do something they dislike to come through for their family. My grandfather according to my dad had many different jobs when he was in Guatemala and he did them all because, much like Walt, he had many children, most illegitimate or from previous relationships. He had to provide for about 15 kids, which even nowadays that is hard task to do, but despite this he did it without thinking twice. I think that is admirable considering that most people would have simply turned their backs on them. He was mainly a shoemaker and he liked playing the guitar as well, he liked those two things and he considered them an art or at least something he could always enjoy doing. He had many other jobs and did odd jobs as well, since work was hard to find, according to him. I think like Chris I admire that quality in my grandfather, a quality of making commitments and having priorities and trying your hardest to keep them, something I hope I will be able to do in the future. Like Chris I also want to fulfill my dream of traveling around the world, and seeing Europe, Asia and parts of central and South America, and some states in America as well. Despite this common dream, we differ in a major way, I would not leave everything behind, I would like get this all done before I die (not because I’m dying), by doing it throughout my lifetime and mainly not alone, with friends as well.