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Christina's blog post 3/23

When I was younger, I saw my parents as perfect heroes, but as I grew up, I realized they are just regular people who make mistakes. This shift in perspective was tough because it forced me to trade my childhood idealism for a more complicated, realistic kind of empathy. In Chapter 11 of Into the Wild, Chris McCandless goes through a much harsher version of this when he discovers his father’s secret past and him having 6 children. While most people eventually forgive their parents' flaws, Chris sees his father’s double life as a total betrayal, which may have led him to want to leave and abandon his family.

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