Chris McCandless, an upper-middle class, all-around attractive, do-good kid who obeyed his parents and finished college at Emory with a high GPA died alone from starvation here in the United States. (bold mine)
"... here in the United States" jumped out at me. Why did you mention it? We have so much that no one should starve? Our available educational opportunities can prevent someone from doing something stupid? Something with which he was ill prepared to deal?
Just curious.
BTW, the book is on my to-read list. Eventually I'll get around to it. Actually, it'll probably be part of my next online B&N order.
