Post Title: Where The Wild Things Are
"In truth McCandless had been raised...and six half-brothers and sisters from Walt's first marriage." (Krakauer 19-20).
Topic: The Dynamics of Family
In this excerpt, we read about how Alex's family and his upbringing had led him down the path of aloneness. His family was apart of the upper-middle class. His father, Walt, worked for NASA and designed radar systems for space shuttles. He had seven siblings, one younger sister, Carine, who was blood-related to him, and six half-siblings from his father's previous marriage. Growing up with a father with a pretty high paying job, parents fighting all the time, and brothers and sisters you don't see very often could make you not want to be around all the "drama" as you were grow up. If I were in Alex's situation, I know I wouldn't want to be surrounded by negativity all the time. I would separate myself from all the unfavorable aspects of my family. The only ray of sunshine in his life was his sister Carine. They were so close and I bet he didn't want to leave her behind but he felt the need to be completely isolated from everyone, particularly his family.
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