INTO THE WILDDDDDDD

dear magazine editor,

I admire your job in this piece, and consider it one of the closest things to journalistic perfection that I have ever read. Your depiction of Chris McCandless was not only riveting, but also showed a crutial part of every one of us. I alm thoroughly convinced that, after reading your article, Chris McCandless was not a titan. He was rather a human being, imperfect in nature, but still very much courageous and idealistic. Telling tales of his death would have not given Chris McCandless justice. Ergo, I am appreciative of your effective method of detailing his death through moments of his life. By doing this, you have allowed him to live on as an idea. Therefore, I urge you to disregard any letters you receive which are ignorant of this view of Chris McCandless. Courage, intellectualism, idealism, beauty, truth. All are ideas that the person of Chris McCandless embodied. To call him a reckless idiot would be to do Chris McCandless and those who know the true nature of his journey. He sought out adventure as a rite of passage, not as some testosterone hopped teenager with too much time on his hand. His journey did not have a destination, but was intended for self discovery- and that is a truth we should all hold true to ourselves. Young or old, agnostic or believer, Chris McCandless was and is a symbol of what we should look for in ourselves.

Most sincerily yours,
Rosey