Bruce Wayne and Chris McCandless (CC)

When I first read the beginning summary for Into the Wild I thought it was going to be an interesting read. Turns out I was right. Its really cool to see how Chris was able to survive in the wilderness on his own in the conditions he faced. When I read the part of how he abandoned his possessions when his car broke down, I made a really weird connection to the movie Batman Begins. For those of you who haven't seen it, Batman Begins is an origin story for Batman and is the first in The Dark Knight trilogy. Near the beginning of the movie, after Bruce meets with this crime boss over the death of his parent's murderer (bit of a long story, won't get into it) he decides to run away from Gotham and spend some time in the underside of society, learning about the criminal mind. Right before he leaves, he gives his coat to some homeless bum on the street.

He decides to get rid of all of his possessions, including his coat, before going into the criminal world, similar to what Chris/Alex did. Alex wanted to fully immerse himself in nature and to actually live off of the land, leaving all of his stuff so he could have the full experience. Bruce did the same thing in order to understand the underside of society and live like a homeless person. Both of these guys decided to fully immerse themselves in this kind of life and it was interesting how I was able to pull Batman out of Into the Wild.