Family Knows You Best
"'Chris had so much talent,' Aalt continues, 'but if you tried to coach him, to polish his skill, to bring out the final ten percent, a wall went up'" (Krakauer 111).
The Dynamics of Family
Here, Walt (Chris' father) reminisces on Chris when he was a just a young lad. He describes that if someone told him to do something a certain way, Chris would automatically ignore their advice and do what he pleased. Walt speaks of how he would try to help Chris with sports, but since he would ignore it, he never got better. Walt tried to better his son because he cared, but Chris was just too stubborn to understand his dad's care. If Chris got used to listening to his family's advice when he was young, he might have gotten used to it and listened to Galliens advice before he went into the wild, or maybe not have even left home in the first place. I am sure Walt did what he could to change Chris' mindset, but he must have noticed there was no changing Chris, it really goes to show family does not only know you best, but they also know what is best for you.
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