Prompt: Chris McCandless rejects a traditional path of success and instead defines success on his own terms through freedom, experience, and personal meaning. Reflect on what success means to you at your current stage in life. In the response, explain how success is currently defined (grades, college acceptance, achievements, happiness, etc.) and where those ideas come from. Then, consider whether that definition truly reflects personal values or if it is shaped by expectations from family, school, or society.

 Christopher McCandless rejects a traditional path of success  and instead defines success on his own terms. Success means being free and happy in my own personal experience. Success is currently defined by grades, college acceptance, and happiness, and those ideas come from that these things are beneficial. That definition is mostly shaped by society because expectations from society expect that grades and college acceptance, while happiness aligns with personal values.