The Impact on Ronald Franz

On his way to find the true meaning of his existence, Chris McCandless , or Alex crossed paths with multiple people he eventually held close to his heart. One of them was Ronald Franz. Franz stumbled across McCandless one day and offered him a ride to his composite, and on their way there Franz knew that McCandless was different. At first, Franz thought that maybe McCandless had steered off onto the wrong path, but quickly discovered that had nothing to do with McCandless being out in Oh-My-God-Hot Springs (60). With McCandless's old soul, Franz and him got along very well. "Franz grew increasingly fond of McCandless" (52). Alex wrote to Franz and even returned to spend some time with his beloved friend Ronald. Franz grew so fond of McCandless's company he even dared to make a request of Alex, since his own son and wife were dead there was no one to carry the name Franz and asked McCandless if he could adopted him, a question that McCandless avoided due to its uncomfortable (55).

Soon enough, McCandless once again embarked on his excursion to the Alaskan wilderness. Alex wrote to Franz, advising him to make drastic changes in his life, most of his commodities, and learned what living truly was (58). Surprisingly, Ronald did and moved in closer to Alex's old home in Oh - My - God - Hot Springs, waiting for his dear friend to return, When Franz learned about McCandless's death, this man once had a strong Christian Faith, renounced to his beliefs. Franz couldn't believe that God had allowed such a terrible thing to happen to a wonderful boy like McCandless. He no longer believed in a God but once again began believing in whiskey (60).