Topic > Into the Wild: Leaving Your Family Behind - 515

Imagine your first home. The place where you lived immediately after your birth. Where you took your first steps and where you said your words. This place is closely tied to your heart and you love it despite the difficulties you may or may not have had there. You love this place and everything in it. Now imagine leaving this place. Just get up and leave everything behind. Family friends, basically proof of your existence. Simply cut the ties to life that binds you so you can go live in the desert. Even if you have a reason, it is possible to do without the thought of turning back before actually leaving, apparently so. Christopher McCandless, a young man fresh out of college, did exactly that without a second thought. He left his home, his comfort zone, just so he could challenge himself. He wanted to live free from society's rules, so he left. What kind of man would do something like that? An ordinary man, so selfish that he foolishly left his family. McCandless is seen in different ways due to his decision to leave his family. One of many who expressed their opinion on McCandless...