Into The Wild With Cece

“As she studies the pictures, she breaks down from time to time, weeping as only a mother who has outlived a child can weep, betraying a sense of loss so huge and irreparable that the mind balks at taking its measure. Such bereavement, witnessed at close range, makes even the most eloquent apologia for high-risk activities ring fatuous and hollow.” (Krakauer 132).

The Dynamics of Family

      The quote describes the pain being released by Billie, Chris' mother. When we watched Chris' sister, Carine, give her TedX talk she made it seem as though the actions their parents took when they were growing up were somehow unforgivable. Chris despises his parents and the last thing he wanted was to be anything like them but it seems like in the end he may have ended up more like them than he could ever imagine. While I do understand that Chris left on his wild adventures to find his true self I don't think that was the only reason; I think he wanted to hurt them. Inherintly we do pick up some traits from the ones we see in our parents. What Chris didn't realize was the pain he caused his parents when they found out he was dead was the same unforgivable pain they had caused him when he was younger. Throughout his adventures Chris was trying to prove that he didn't need the structure he was raised in, all he needed was himself. When he was trying so hard to prove his point all he was doing is highlighting what a similar product he was to his parents. Whatever pain his parents caused him when he was growing up was obviously horrible for Chris but the pain he caused his entire family was just as bad if not worse and two wrongs don't make a right.