Blog post         Travis Stauffer

     How has someone impacted you positively?

     In the true story "Into the wild," by John Krakauer, Chris McCandles, also known as Alex decides that living by himself in the wild would satisfy his life much more than staying with his corrupted family. Along the way, Alex meets many interesting people that have impacted his life in a positive way. First and foremost, Gallien. Gallien was the last person that Chris ever made contact with before he entered the wild. He helped Chris with supplies and provided him with more food. Most importantly, Gallien gave Chris good advice as to decide what to do. Much like Gallien to Chris, I too have a Gallien of my own. When I was a freshman in high school my parents got a divorce. As with most things  I could've looked at this in two different ways: positively or negatively. I took the positive out of the situation and found that my mom's new boyfriend is a great role model that I now look up to. Because he is always in a positive mood no matter what is going on, it inspires me to find the best in every situation and live every day like it's your last.