Chapters 12,13&16

At the begining of chapter twelve the author tels us about how Chris had bought his father "a very expensive Questar telescope". Chris gave this to his father for his birthday. It was to show how greatful he was for all the things that his father had done for him. Right after Chris gave the telescope to his father he left on a road trip that lasted all summer. Again, Chris showed no empathy towards his family members as he did not take their emotions into consideration. His family did not want him to go but realized there was nothing they could do to stop him. He was supposed to call home to his parents everyday, but failed to do so. This left his parents even more worried about him. When he arrived home he was alot thinner and it made his mother very upset. You'd think that Chris would think a bit more about his second trip to alaska after seeing how hurt his family was from the first trip that he took. Billie says; " Chris said we were idiots for worrying about him". I think his family had a good reasons to worry about him and weren't being idiots seeing as his second trip he was found dead. In conclusion after reading these chapters, I think that Chris's actions were not courageous at all.