"'Alex talked a lot when we got together,' Borah recalls. 'Serious stuff, like he was baring his soul...It was pretty obvious he didn't get along with his family , but he never said much about any of them...'" (Krakauer 63).
Topic: The Dynamics of Family
It is seen throughout the book that McCandless was able to meet and make friends with many people. He seemed to be a people-person, outgoing and talkative. He met with many different kinds of people of different standings yet accepted all of them as friends and allies. But with his family, it was said that he had no contact with them throughout his entire journey. McCandless obviously did not have a good relationship with his parents. Isn't it ironic how easily McCandless opened up to strangers and had long conversations with them while he wouldn't speak a single word to his family? The readers may think that McCandless was stupid for not keeping in contact and that he treated them like poop. They might have thought that he acted like a kid for ignoring his parents like how he did. But if you really think about it, for someone like him, so accepting and easy to talk with, to separate himself from his family like he did, there must have been something big and hurtful that happened and left him scarred. I don't think that McCandless acted in a wrong way for what he did; I know there is a strong enough reason to explain his actions. Now the real question that needs to be asked is posed. What happened between McCandless and his family?
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