Dear Christopher McCandless
I am writing to you to tell you how you and your extraordinary story inspired me to go and travel into the wild.
Your story taught me how corrupt the world and government is. In this letter i want to tell you about how inspiring you story is . I really liked the way you wanted to be free and not live under the government’s rules. I also like the way you wanted to live with out money so the part where you sent 24,000 to charity was a really good thing to do.
The part where you rejected the new car from your parents suggest that you don’t need new shiny cars to be happy. You can be happy without those things. You said ” there just things, you don’t need things to be happy.”
When I saw how free you was when you got in the wild you looked so happy and that was really inspiring. Also when i saw how much fun you was having it made me feel like i should go into the wild myself. You looked like you was having the time of your life in the wild and seeing you so happy put a smile on my face.
You looked like you had a fun time travailing around the world meeting all kinds of people.
May 18, 2016 at 11:45 am
Andre, this is an excellent start to a letter that details what Chris McCandless’ story means to you. This does not yet unlock the badge.
You need to:
– Finish the letter. It is currently too short (must be at least 500 words)
– Check your use of ‘was’ and ‘were’. Which one you use depends on the pronoun used before hand (e.g. you, he, she, I).
– Explain your ideas. Use examples from the book and examples from your own life to communicate how much the story has affected you.