Other adventures.

The way I see it, there's only so much you can write about Chris. With these other stories we are able to get a fresh account of a similar adventure, and that allows us to apply perhaps a new perspective to Chris' story. I found myself having a new understanding for Chris' adventure after reading about some of these other people, primarily because some of them came across to me as less reckless, more intuitive, or even just more interesting. This allowed me to appreciate parts of Chris I otherwise never even saw. These other stories help bring the whole theme of the book more into focus.

Response to Group B

In the first couple chapters of the book it was hard to determine the kind of person that McCandles was. It was originally clear to me that McCandles was making a reckless decision with his life and that his decisions in preparation for his trip made him seem like a complete fool. I do still believe he is a fool, but I know further understand the passion he had that made him that fool. He was driven by romantic ideas, and some admirable and beautiful passions about experiencing a lifestyle that few ever will or would ever be willing to try. His idealistic view of a perfect story of leaving the his world on a heroic story of adventure and meaning was where his realistic sense was lost though. I admire his effort but he was foolish and unrealistic in his decisions, not having the sense to see, he wasn't prepared for the adventure that he set up for failure.