Dreamers

"'Everett was strange,' Sleight concedes. 'Kind of different. But him and McCandless, at least they tried to follow their dream. That's what was great about them. They tried. Not many do'" (Krakauer 96)

Topic: Inspiration or Fool?

Christopher "Alex Supertramp" McCandless and Everett Ruess were both young boys with enormous dreams of adventure. While growing up those dreams never left them. The two of them would let nothing stand in the way of their adventures. They would defy great dangers and tasks to seek out the beauty of being one with nature. Their isolation may have been part of their downfall, but if they were accompanied anyone their accomplishments and stories would be devalued. Their courage and dedication to being a wonder of a wastelands is a true inspiration to explores everywhere. In my eyes, they are real life main characters in action books or movies. They feared nothing placed by mother nature in front of them including their own deaths. When I read both their final journal entries, right before their deaths, they are content about the their perishing and their lives. Proud of how they stayed true to who they were there was no reason to be upset about death. To them they lived life to the fullest and some.