Into the Wild

I think that McCandless was a young man that knew what he wanted in his short lived life. He left things ready for his family such as leaving letters to be mailed on a certain day. He knew most likely that he wouldn't be home for a certain amount of time and that his family would probably be against him leaving to travel. He also takes a break from traveling and decides to stay with a man he hitchhiked at one point. I felt that Chris knew that he had somewhere to stay if it wasn't home. I'm also sure that Chris knew that if he went back home, he wouldn't have continued his journey.