CHARACTERS

CHRIS McCANDLESS/ALEX SUPERTRAMP-

    Raised in upper middle class of Annandale,Virginia.Graduated from Emory University,Donated his money to charity called "OXFAM".A charity that is an international relief and development organization that creates lasting solutions to poverty, hunger, and injustice.Later died by starvation in the wilderness.

WALT McCANDLESS-Chris father,is a aerospace engineer who designs advanced radar systems for the space shuttle.later years,Chris had gotten mad because of finding out that he had a child with his first wife.This discovery caused him to hold a lot of bitterness towards his father, and could have played a factor in his views about society.









BILLIE McCANDLESS-



Chris mother,Billie McCandless worked as a secretary at Hughes Aircraft,and later assisted her husband with his successful home-based consulting company in Annandale,virginia.



CARINE McCANDLESS-



Chris younger sister,



WAYNE WESTERBERG-
(on the left)
Owner of a grain elevator;gave employment to Chris numerous times in Carthage,South Dakota.He became very fond of Chris.


RONALD FRANTZ-


Ronald franz had lost his wife and only son in a car accident.Chris and ronald devolped a friendship
and spent time together.Franz who was a leatherworker,instructed chris in the craft.He also proposed to chris to adopt him,now that he was the last of his generation.