McCandless Family

Chris McCandless was the first of two children to Walt and Wilhelmina (Billie) McCandless. Chris has one younger sister only. His father was an antenna specialist for NASA and his mom worked as a secretary for Hughes aircraft. Walt and Billie would often fight and would talk about divorce a lot while Chris and his sister, Carine were growing up. Chris has six half-siblings living in California from Walt's first marriage. Walt was not divorced with his first wife while he was having an affair with Chris's current mother. Chris was born before Walt divorced his first wife. Chris only found this out while he was in Southern California in 1986. Knowing that he went through all this trauma as a kid, I sympathize with him more. He wants to just leave reality and empty his mind. He likes to be in nature because it is so peaceful. Because his parents fought so much while he was a kid, Chris McCandless was forced to be independent and fend for himself. Growing up, my parents did everything for me and i would never be able to throw everything away to live in the nature for the rest of my life. He has the experience and ability to live on his own so i feel as if it was a good move for him if he is happy with his decision.