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Posted by tommangan on April 12, 2008 at 2:10:54 am EDT
In reply to Into the Wild posted by Trailspace on April 7, 2008 at 12:48:00 pm EDT

I saw the movie when it first came out ... didn't read the book.

My main gripe had hardly anything to do with the pluses or minuses to Chris's approach to the outdoors. I just found him to be annoying because he didn't seen to appreciate all the stuff he had going for him: college paid for, upper-middle-class upbringing, etc.

I come from people who never had money and was the first in my family to get a bachelor's degree, so I resented the way he casually threw away things most of my people would fight and scratch to get, and feel lucky to have it, scars and all.

He also inflicted needless pain on his family.

The myth he leaves behind -- chucking the trappings of so-called civilization and living as people have always lived -- is compelling, though.

A myth is never entirely true, but it's also never entirely false.

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