To the Editor

Amazing, it is the only word to descirde McCadlesses bravery to walk in to alaska. Sheer luck that he even lived as long as he did. Who would give up 25,000 dollars to charity burn all the cash in his pocket and abandon his car? Everyone wants to follow their own ideas that they form in life but no onw has the futs to do it and i give my hats off to Chris McCadless for it.

Not letting anyone sway his opinion, neither the truck driver nor anyone who tried to talk him out of it. I feel that he was not on a suicide mission but rather a mission to find himself. and in the end had he made a few changes he would have achieved what he set out to do. He would have found himself and then he would have gone back to tell his tale form his point of view. The author of the article has done jusice to McCadless.

It really suprised me however that anyone who was in honors classes would serve society without seving it. He showed people that if they wanted to do something who they were or what they became should stop them from achieveing it. McCadless thought that he did not do his life justice and therefore went to pursue what he thought would make him feel alive. Alaska, the rapids in the canyon, South dakota, all siece to be places in America but rather landmarks because McCadless had been there. All of them were just places full of just people then they were filled with people touched by Chris McCadless. The way he talked like a trancendentalist was aparently ispirational to the towns people as well as the people who read the article.

Overall I must say a great job on the authors part aswell as the McCadless.

Thank you
Yours Sincerely,
Swathi Nanduri