Why didn’t Chris McCandless like his parents?

Asked by: Rob Barber

Chris rejected his parents materialistic lifestyle because he thought his father used money to try to control Chris. He didn’t want to be controlled, so he rejected what was being used as leverage. He even went so far as to burn his cash when he set out on the road.

What did Chris McCandless criticize his parents?

It’s not so much that Chris hates his parents as that he hates the lifestyle they lead and the values they embody. He didn’t let nobody change his mind or tell him he couldn’t do it. They resoundingly criticize his “glorifying” McCandless and his Alaskan quest.

Why did McCandless reject his parents lifestyle?

Unlike his parents, Chris disagreed with living a lavish, wealthy lifestyle. He thought they were much too absorbed in money, and were blind to what the world could really offer, and how much they had that they didn’t actually need.

Did McCandless have a good relationship with his parents?

1 Answers. Father-son relationships play a central role in Jon Krakauer’s non-fiction book, Into the Wild. Chris McCandless holds his father up as the ideal man for most of his young life. Walt McCandless inspires this idealism by holding Chris to a standard of perfection unattainable by any fallible human being.

What causes McCandless relationship with his parents to deteriorate?

His parents worked a lot and they did not spend time together. McCandless’s parents did not get along. Chris was embarrassed by his family’s wealth. Summarize the passage late in this chapter that foreshadows further breakdowns in the family’s relationship.

What was Chris relationship to his family?

What was Chris/Alex’s relationship to his family? He was very distant and wanted to be divorced from them, he didn’t want anything to do with them (his parents) at all. What was his relationship to people in general? He had friends and all but he just kept to himself.

What did Chris parents do in Into the Wild?

Her father Walt McCandless is a renowned rocket scientist who had worked for NASA, and her mother Billie McCandless built a consulting business with him.

What secret did Chris learn about his dad?

During his trip, he had discovered that his father had maintained a relationship with his first wife and his other children, heading two households.

What did Chris do that Billie and Walt were unaware of?

Chris had been born to his mother, Billie, while father Walt was still married to his first wife, Marcia. And two years after Chris was born, Walt McCandless fathered another child with Marcia. Discovering this duplicity infuriated McCandless.

What name did Chris McCandless adopt?

Alexander Supertramp

Note that McCandless has chosen to call himself Alex, short for “Alexander Supertramp.” The adoption of this alias represents McCandless’s rejection of the parents who named him and his parents’ values.

How does this chapter make you feel about Chris and about his mother and sister?

How does Chapter 13 make you feel about Chris, and about his mother and sister? Sad. I wish he would´ve stayed in touch with them. I think that his mom and sister feel very guilty even though they did everything they could to take care of him.

What do we learn about Chris’s sister and mother in Chapter 13?

During the plane ride home with Chris’s remains, his sister Carine eats “every scrap of food the cabin attendants set in front of her.” Soon afterward, however, she discovers she has no appetite and loses so much weight that friends think she has become anorectic. Chris’s mother also stops eating, losing eight pounds.

How did Carine react to Chris’s death?

Lesson Summary
Carine was devastated by Chris’s death, and screamed and cried for hours. Later, she and her half-brother Sam flew to Alaska to collect Chris’s remains and his belongings.

How had Chris already been separating himself from his family?

How had Chris already been separating himself from his family? Chris refused to accept a new car and payment for law school from his parents. How did Walt and Billie McCandless learn in Chapter 4 where their son might be? Chris abandoned his Datsun car, which rangers found.