Thinking Too Much

"I think maybe part of what got him into trouble was that he did too much thinking. Sometimes he tried too hard to make sense of the world, to figure out why people were bad to each other so often" (Krakauer 18).


family dynamics


Alex was always trying to make sense of why people were so bad to each other most likely because of how his parents were to each other. Although he grew up in a abusive environment that did not shape him into an abusive person. Instead it shaped him into a person who thinks about why people are bad and someone who overthinks things. Overthinking can be difficult for someones mental state but people who overthink tend to be more observant about things. In Alex's case it makes him more observant about peoples behaviors and his own behavior.