Into the Wild: Letter no. 3

Dear self,

This is the last letter and the end of the book.
Although towards the end of the second paper clip is when they started talking more about McCandless' death, I didn't want to say much until now. I guess this will just be based on everyone's reaction of his death..

First, I'd really like to talk about Christopher's family and his background.
He was a good kid who respected his parents, especially his father, but never had a close relationship. When Chris left, he never kept close contact with them. Although his parents knew was that he was going to "leave", they didn't know where, when, or even why. His father offered him his credit card for any emergencies, but declined.
Then his parents got Christopher's hitchhiking ticket in the mail and they obviously freaked out and called the police to try to search for him. Their efforts of using a personal detective didn't even work. They never expected that Christopher would do this. He came from a high-middle class family and was an honors student. McCandless majored in history and anthropology and denied entrance to an honors fraternity. If you were to look at a person with that kind of profile, you wouldn't expect to get Christopher. He doesn't give a shit about titles or material stuff. He's all about good living.

His death took a huge toll on his family and those who met him throughout his adventure. His younger sister, Carine, took it the hardest though. Carine was the closest family he had. They understood each other and had a great relationship. Either way, his death scarred his family forever and it's hard to imagine how it would feel for his parents, outliving their own child. It was difficult for both his sister and mother to eat after discovering the news. While Carine was in the plane with her brother's ashes, she ate all of her food saying, "even though it was that horrible stuff they serve on airplanes, I just couldn't bear the thought of throwing away food since Chris had starved to death."