Assignment # 9: Chapter 3, Question 3

I can see that this note was very vague and there is no emotion behind it.  I was saddened to know that this note was the last time his parents heard from their son, Chris. I can infer that Chris and his family definitely do not have an open, happy relationship.  Chris appears to have kept to himself and really close himself off from any sort of relationship with his parents.  This really worried his parents. I do believe that Chris intended to come back after he completed his journey into the wild.  I do not think that someone like Chris would go out into the wild wanting to remain there until they died.