Friday, February 5, 2010
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.
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I entirely agree with you... Chris was a complete fool. I really like the points that you made when you said that, "I admire his effort but he was foolish and unrealistic in his decisions." I think that most people go through what Chris went through in wanting a change in their life, but most people are usually reasonable about their decisions and aren't nearly as extreme as Chris was.
ReplyDeleteI do agree that he was foolish not being prepared for his journey correctly. He did see the world in a false perceptive in a way, he wanted to live a more challenging life he just didn't know how challenging it could be.
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