Into the Wild

I feel that Alex was like all adolecents in the fact that he thought of himself as invincible. What young adult in their right mind would wish to seek solitude to the extreme of being detached from all civilization. He had a strong passion to live of the land and believed others should live with the same mentality. I wonder if he would think diffently now that he is dead. This whole situation just boggles me because how could a person of this age be so over society and also go into the mountains unprepared. It is almost hard for me to feel sad for the people who make stupid decisions like these. I have no passion for people who don't wear seatbelts, drive drunk, choose not to wear helmets, and aren't well informed on life threating adventures.