The traits of Alex have in the book is that is likes being independent and he likes to do everything by himself. When he takes favor from someone he likes to return in by doing something or giving him or her something in return. Gallien helped him out as much as he could because he was unprepared for his epic journey. Alex was from D.C and his family was very rich and he left them and this last communication with his family was he wrote a letter to his parents with his final transcript. Ken Thompson, Gordon Samel and Ferdie Swanson, these where the three hunter who found Alex’s dead body with his note saying that he is injured, weak, near death, and in need of assistance. His epic journey would change everything because of his act and doing something to show people and its kinda like an encouragement. An absurd and onerous duty was meant be he followed his parents but he wanted to do what he felt and his mind was set in going out and discovering his surroundings and mainly getting the feeling of the wildness that’s why he headed he there not knowing anything or not being communicated in anyway. Him saying this heading west he felt freed “from the stifling world of his parents and peers, a world of abstraction and security and material excess” meant a lot which we think its normal and safe but from him it meant no freedom, no nothing. These are the main reason of him leaving everything and just travel and get in the wildness. I don’t agree because its very crazy think to do and insane leaving everything behind. 

How come a wealthy rich guy like him plans to go to the wild, and how was he so ambitious?