"Such willful ignorance...amounts to disrespect for the land, and paradoxically demonstrates the same sort of arrogance that resulted in the Exxon Valdez Spill—just another case of underprepared, over-confident men bumbling around out there" (Krakauer 73).
Topic: Inspiration or Fool?
This was the reader's first glimpse at the skepticism that burdened over this survival story. Many people had begun to question and criticize not only Chris, but Krakauer as well for there exploitation of a "generic, been there done that survival tale". The question this leaves lingering over the audience is whether or not we should believe that Chris was special. Was he indeed a run of the mill runway with everyday family issues, or had he truly overstepped the boundaries and overcome the impossibilities that had shadowed his past self. One has to wonder whether or not his survival for that long was pure luck disguised as skill and if he was just too cocky for his own good as the man above states. We as readers hadn't even learned the true reason why Chris had left his whole life behind and yet we are forced to come to a conclusion on his sanity and decisions. He presents himself as a punctual and educated young man to others but then rebuttals it with actions such as burning his money and abandoning his perfectly capable car. This shows us that the best kinds of stories are the ones that create questions that can't be answered with a single glance.
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