"Why does everyone think that Gallien (the man who gave Chris a ride) in Into the Wild, opted to not call the police after Chris left his car? Gallien said, "I figured he'd be OK," but why would anyone think this considering where Chris was going with little to no supplies? State your opinion."

Chris is a man that can make his own decisions. It was not Gallien's job to tell a young what he can or cannot do. Gallien dropped off Chris ten miles off of the highway and Chris could have easily walked back to get help. There is only so much that is in your control. Gallien cared enough to give up his boots. Chris was not doing anything illegal and there would have been little that the police could have done. There was probably little that anyone could do to stop Chris from going into the wild. Chris already has his mind made up. I believe that if other people were in Galliens same position they would have done the some thing. Gallien should not be blamed or feel bad at all.

About Me

Hi I am Blake Nelson. I am a Freshman here at WSU. My hometown is Spokane, WA and I went to Mt. Spokane High School. My major is Civil Engineering. That means that I hate to write and am more of a math guy. If anyone needs help on their math homework, I am the guy to talk to. I lived on fourth floor Stephenson South last semester but this semester I moved into my fraternity, Pi Kappa Phi. Its a great house and I enjoy every minute of it.

I love sports. Soccer is my favorite sport to play but I have played almost everything. I try to play as many intramural as possible. In the summer I love to go to the lake and wake board, water ski and surf at our cabin at Priest Lake, ID. I spend most of my summers there because it is such an awesome place. My summer job is working landscaping, which is one of those jobs that I have a love hate relationship with.

School has always come easy to me and I have never tried really to hard but now that I am at college I realize that I have to work a lot harder to get the grades that I want. Hopefully this semester is another good one and I will have just as much fun as last semester.