Did Chris McCandless die Happy? I really hope that by the end of reading this book we find out if he died happy or not. I think the question "Did Chris McCandless die Happy?" really is the only thing that will tell us if his whole journey was worth it. When I read all of our classes questions, they were all about why he left, what he did to get him in the place he got, or if he was being brave or just stupid. Those questions are all relevant and will be interesting to find out. But when it comes down to it, he did die. So all of those things are more or less pointless. It really doesn't matter if he was being ungrateful for the stuff he was given. Pretend he was completely grateful about everything that was given to him, he still would have died. So all that really matters is if being ungrateful was what made him happy, then he was doing the right thing. Chris McCandless had only one thing that was truly his in these last few years of his life. That was his happiness. He was living alone, if he wasn't happy he would of gone back home from the start. That is why I wonder if he died happy or not. If he died in regret or unhappiness this story will be one of pure sadness. If he dies unhappy, we will know that he was not being himself the entire book , because deep down it's not what he really wanted or the way he wanted to die. But if he dies happy then you know it was all worth it, all his stupidity, all his work, all his fight was for him to leave this world the way he wanted to.