Sheppard

Evan Ratliff decided to disappear from society and see if anyone could find him. A group of people ended up finding him in September of 2009. I can relate Evan Ratliff’s experience with Chris McCandless and his travels from the book “Into the Wild”. Chris McCandless left his home and decided to go off radar and into the wild. No one knew where he was and he traveled as he pleased. This connects to what Ratliff did because he also decided to disappear and travel around. They both stayed in touch with humans at the same time though. Chris would make friends along the way and even send them letters after he left their area. Ratliff would meet people too and even stayed active on twitter. Also I think their motive for disappearing was different. I think McCandless left because he was disgusted with how society acted and held different values then the average person. He wanted to experience the outdoors and leave his footprint all the way up to Alaska. It seemed like Ratliff was stressed and felt a huge weight on his shoulders that he couldn’t carry anymore. He needed to find out who he was and his true identity. Also he faked his death, while McCandless simply just left.