John Karkauer's novel, Into the Wild presents the true story of a young man named Christopher McCandless, who creates a new life for himself leave civilization to live in the desert. The story shows how Christopher develops and matures throughout the story by overcoming difficult situations and learning valuable lessons along the way. Christopher's character evolves as he understands several new lessons, such as finding true pleasure, ignoring the judgments of others, and realizing that material things are just material things and nothing else. Throughout the story, Christopher struggles to discover true satisfaction in his life. Christopher struggles to choose what truly makes him satisfied rather than what makes his parents happy. Christopher's parents want him to attend law school, despite the fact that he wishes to pursue his passion of living in the Northern wilderness. Christopher's letter to his sister Carine says: "or that they think I would let them pay for my law school if I was going to go...". (Krakauer.pg21). From this quote, we can know that Christopher doesn't really feel any pleasure or happiness in wanting to go to law school. He finds satisfaction in life on the road and experiences it because life on the road offers him endless possibilities and adventures every day. Christopher's letter to Ron Franz says: "I would like to repeat the advice I gave you before, which is that I think you should really radically change your lifestyle and start boldly doing things that you do not might never have thought of before. or have been too hesitant to try… Don’t settle down or sit in one place. Move around, be nomadic, make each day a new horizon. »(Krakaur.pg56-57). The letter details the benefits of living a life in nature, such as the new adventures you face every day. Chris feels what happiness really is when he comes face to face with nature. As he discovers the wilderness of the North, he learns that true happiness does not come from a single source, but from various foundations in a person's life. Chris wrote a brief note that said, “I HAD A HAPPY LIFE AND I THANK THE LORD. GOODBYE AND GOD BLESS EVERYONE! » (Krakauer.pg199) The brief note shows that although Chris was on the verge of death, he was ultimately happy with his life. Christopher, over the course of the novel's text, learns to ignore others. people's judgments.