Good: His story was very inspirational. It inspired thousands of people to be able to go out in the world and achieve their life-long dreams on their own. It's more of a needed motivation they would keep in mind when pushing through obstacles in their way to be able to accomplish anything. Heck, even others such as Everett Ruess and three other individuals: Gene Rossellini, John Waterman, and Carl McCunn all had the same idea in mind and went out into the wilderness to live like Chris. Although some may have gone to extreme measures, they still managed to follow their passions. I also appreciate how much he sacrificed his own savings of $24,000 and gave it to charity, as well as being a good samaritan to help others who are in need, such as the time when he bought meals to give to the homeless people and suggest ways to improve their lives. Even before he came to do all this, he still had the brains and skills in his early years of becoming what his parents wanted him to have: success. This comes to shows that he sets extremely high moral standards and is able to do almost anything, and that's how I came to admire what he did. 

Bad: Despite what he wanted to accomplish, I did not like the fact that he simply leaves everyone he cares about behind, and even some people who actually offered to support him. He may not realize it, but what he did completely put his loved ones into a series of the emotional pain they felt. What I mean is that they first grieve for their loss, and eventually start to spiral down into immense and heartbreaking sufferings. That's just how Carine felt when he lost her one and only sibling who she cared deeply for. By the time she heard the news he was dead, she started to express immense grief and even bawl out as well. This also affected her way of eating and led to her becoming anorexic as her way of dealing with this difficult situation. What mostly ached my heart was Chris not willing to accept the fact that Ron Franz was considering adopting him to fill the hole in his life. Because of this, Ron was left with nothing but desolation and despair, which he decided to cut off everything he lived for. With Bill and Walt, I’m still in denial about what they did to Chris to leave in the first place, but I can still understand the pain they felt when he was already gone. They were even trying to get in contact while they were still worried, but Chris decided to simply ignore them and essentially focus on his accomplishments. Looking back at all this, I can definitely guarantee that his disappearance caused so much damage towards them and doesn't even think twice about making his decision of living out in the wild. If he's going to do this, he should at least let them know he will be gone for a while rather than purposely taking off.

While he may not display many good relationships with his family and friends, I still admire everything he did and always had a helping hand for it. I honestly don't really have much more to discuss, but that's what I truly think of him throughout the entire novel.