After graduating college Christopher McCandless left his apartment in Georgia, burned the 25,000 dollars that was left in his savings account and set out to find truth in his life. For Chris the truth would come without money and without any idea of materialism but it would come with a cost, a cost that could not be payed with any sort of money.
Money in Chris's life
Christopher McCandless transcends almost any idea of money in his life. Usually burning it Chris thought money made people too cautious and controled which made them fall short of the true meaning of life. Most peoples lives in today's society revolve around money. Having enough money, making enough money, needing money to survive, so when thought about money really does control someones life and this is exactly what Chris was running away from. Chris did not want to rely on any paper with value to control his life and make him do anything that was not just, he wanted to live true to nature and would not want anything to affect that.