Chris McCandles was fascinating and possibly the most interesting person I have ever read about. He went off of Thoreou and Tolstoy's beliefs and created his own. But one thing that he was was selfish. His actions were for his own sake. He lived for himself and himself only. I don't think he truly realized the hurt and pain that he caused on those who cared about him. He however has impacted many peoples lives yet he is hard to comprehend entirely. He lived the way he wanted to and not how society expects us to live and that says a lot. He wanted to live in the wild and he did just that.