"'Many people have told me that they admire Chris for what he was trying to do. If he lived, I would agree with them. But he didn't and there's no way to bring him back. You can't fix it. Most things you can fix but not that. I don't know that you ever get over this kind of loss. The fact that Chris is gone is a sharp hurt I feel every single day. It's really hard. Some days are better than others, but it's going to be hard every day for the rest of my life'" (Krakauer 203).
Topic: Inspiration or Fool?
After
reading the novel, I understand why Chris did the things he did. Although, it
is still easy to say he was foolish, it is admirable he chased his dreams and
conquered them. Not all of us do that given the long lives we have. He did not
want to face reality because he was living the dream, his dream. If I had the
choice, I would travel, go to Spain, dive in the Great Barrier Reefs of
Australia and go skydiving in Cancun. But to me, these are all bucket list
dreams. For Chris, he had his list from the start and conquered each, one
by one. For some, Chris may seem foolish because he died. But in reality, death
does not happen to the one who dies, it happens to all the people left standing
at the funeral, trying to figure out how they are going to live the rest of
their lives now without them in it.
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