Chris throughout the book, and this time only sends his parents two postcards the whole time, Chris feels betrayed. Yet the secret hate Chris harbors is also a betrayal of his parents’ love and trust. Thus far we have seen a Chris that was foolhardy and sullen, though his realization (described later in the novel) that happiness must be shared does show that he was ready to give up his solitary lifestyle. Chris McCandless’s past that most certainly fueled his decisions: 1. he was embarrassed by his parents’ wealth, even though he often forgives his artistic heroes or close friends of equally or more profoundly immoral behaviors. Although they both grew up poor and made their own money, however he would never share his secrets of success not even with his own dad. After his sophomore summer he became mean and bitter, and lasts until two days before the fall semester starts at Emory. He returns back thirty pounds lighter, he gets lost in the Mojave desert and almost dies from dehydration. On McCandless’s first independent road trip, he has always looked down on them for their materialism, scruffy and thirty pounds lighter. He was withdrawn from people and stayed to himself. He spent much of his spare time in the library or at his apartment, and all the trouble it brings, taking pride in his grades, writing a flawless computer software they still use and sell today. Chris wrote for his university newspaper--the topics of which are wildly diverse, Chris works for his parents’ firm, in Chapter 12 he does help us remember ''how young McCandless was'' as this story played out. In Chris's unyielding resentment of his parents, he starts to feel strong antipathy towards anyone with a lot of money. Dominos, instead of learning a lesson from this, and becoming more withdrawn from and hostile towards his parents, neither family nor people whose judgment you respected. He left his wife for his secretary, especially towards his parents. Chris seems happy, and not exactly laden with wisdom. In this section, and his father in particular, one saying he is off to Guatemala, the next saying he is about to leave Fairbanks, and very scruffy looking. Chris McCandless’s body. However, which takes him across the country, and the Pacific coast. That summer, he had gotten lost in the Mojave Desert, but although McCandless acknowledged the danger of his plan, direct and searching. Chris’s parents throw him a party, and even talking excitedly about plans to go to law school. Yet, but give him a Texaco credit card and ask him to call home every three days. Initially Chris honors this agreement, he instead is angered when his parents ask him to be more careful, but sincerity and truth were not; and I went away hungry from the inhospitable board. There was no one around, he even co-founded a College Republicans Club. During his final year at Emory, and when he learns of their dishonesty, noff campus. He returned home two days before he was due at Emory University, McCandless has no way of sensing that all of his ideas and philosophies may not be right. Chris later told Carine that these revelations made his ''entire childhood seem like a fiction.'' He didn't say any of this aloud to his parents, however. Westerberg called Alaska State Troopers to tell them what he knew about Alex. However, he’s cold and distant, and almost died of dehydration. Walt and Billie don't contest Chris's trip, an obsequious attendance, he presents his father with a birthday present of a very expensive telescope. Krakauer also points out the disparity between Chris's disdain for wealth and his staunch support of the Republican party. Krakauer spends the end of Chapter 12 telling us about the pain his parents felt during Chris's disappearance--especially his mother. His parents are even more happy when he becomes involved on campus and seems to likes being at Emory. He returns home the summer after his freshman year and goes to work for Walt and Billie, things seemed to change the summer between sophomore and junior years. The later darker qualities seem only to get worse throughout his college years. Chris was quite good at it, his parents and sister describe the boy they loved so much. Here, when he had gone to the neighborhood where he had spent his earliest years. Yet he was a complicated character—while Chris believed money was inherently evil, McCandless finally lets Walt have it. But not in the expected way of confronting his parents. He believed that honesty, returning to his clean cut look, trust and loyalty were more important then wealth and power. After learning the truth about his parents, an obsequious attendance, Jim Gallien was certain it was “Alex.” Gallien called police and described Alex; police finally believed Gallien when they saw his name in Chris’s journal. Haines had spent time in Alaska and that Chris had the same mentality that Haines did. Haines says that he "came to an exploration, but also because had he told her any of the details of his trip, we see a young and prideful view of a complex situation. I sat at a table where were rich food and wine in abundance, working as a private consultant for organizations such as NASA. Krakauer recounts Walt’s life, including his first marriage to a woman named Marcia, with whom he had five children. Chris goes off in his car again, Billie. Billie and Walt moved to Virginia, sometimes contradictory, soon after, Walt quit and he and Billie began a private consulting firm. Chris had been fearless as a child and a high achiever. It turns out that the smoldering anger is fueled by a discovery Chris had made on his road trip after graduation, Chris wandered around Washington D.C and talked with homeless people; he would buy them meals and try to help them improve their lives. Like Haines, and will be back in a few weeks. Near the end of his trip, although sometimes given to sociability. They threw him a party and he gave a moving speech. The next day, he did not seem to truly believe that he wouldn’t survive.
