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 Originally Posted by wufwugy
The story just simply runs much deeper than their specific decisions.
Having said that, McCandless was a dumbass for not banging that gorgeous brunette who was all into him amirite?
paragraph 2... QFMFT
paragraph 1... his death is the culmination of the deeper story -- his perspective on life, his perceived value of his own, his place in the broader social context, etc etc. It's the why behind his choices or omissions that I think are the big story from a character perspective. And that's the part of it all that I found to be pretty meh... Of course as Benny points out, reading his actual journal would shed far more on that than Penn's interpretation ever would.
Did I mention I agree the brunette was hot? 
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