McCandless Smart or Crazy

"The Cult of Chris McCandless" Question's answered:
There is a never ending debate on who Chris McCandless was, and weather or not he was sane. There are two sides to this argument shown in the article "The Cult of Chris McCandless." The one side looks up to Chris as a hero or inspiration whereas the other sees him as a crazy man who threw away his life.  The negative side of this argument says that he may have had some type of illness and although that may be true there is no way to prove mental instability. So I think that part of the argument should be left well enough alone. They say that he came to Alaska unprepared and that is a true part of this story, this is a valid point. McCandless should have been more prepared instead of arrogantly thinking it would just work out, however, that does not make him crazy or insane. The people who are the positive side of this argument look up to him as a teacher and mentor. They are right to admire what he has done in his life because not many people could have done what he did and be fine with their own death. It is hoped that his fatal  mistake shows the people who want to follow in his footsteps that they should take some precautions that Chris did not take. Sean Penn is the director of the movie "Into the Wild" and he has a positive view of Chris McCandless. I do agree with what he was saying about Chris.

My Final Impression of Chris:

I personally think that Chris McCandless was not crazy or insane at all just that he was being himself. Although he made many mistakes along the way and the one lead to his death. He lived his life the way he wanted to, and not many people are that daring to go and chase their dream like McCandless was. He said it himself in a his farewell letter; he lived a good and happy life and none of his actions were regretted. He did what he had to do to be happy and not many people could go out and travel around the world like he did. I think that the way he lived his life scares people and they don't understand where he was coming from. Although there are many people out there like McCandless who can relate to him. There are just many different kinds of people in the world and if there were not this world would be a pretty boring place.