The true test of courage and bravery is unknown it can only be judged by onlookers and bystanders. Since I myself am a bystander due to having read the informative book Into the Wild I conclude that McCandless is truly courageous. He did what he had to for what he believed in. He never knew that a book would be written about his journey. Even if he did he most likely would have done the same thing he did, just because that's what he believed in.

McCandless started off as a normal life and actually was heading toward quite a good life, graduating Emory College with honors. One day he donated as his life savings of $25,000 to charity and loaded his inadequate possessions into his used Datsun, and disappeared into the fringes of North America without

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