Into The wild Into the wild by Jon Krakauer is about a man named Chris McCandless who had a rough childhood which could be blamed for his foolhardy and rash behavior Due to growing problems in the family Chris decides to ditch them by leaving society and hitchhiking to Alaska to live alone in the wilderness from a literary point of view Jon Krakauer made it seem like Chris was a hero for following his dreams But McCandless could have made better decisions in many of his outdoor pursuits and the way he dealt with his family While many of the underlying principles by which he tried to lead his life are indeed admirable I don t believe he can be called hero due to one important reason The distinction between whether an individual is to be considered a hero or a coward lies in their death The difference between a hero and coward depends on the impact that they leave in the society after they re gone and Chris just fled into the wilderness and ran away from all his problems instead of dealing with them The main difference between a coward and a hero depends on how they die and what impact they leave on the society and he only left pain behind
