"After Chris unearthed the particulars of Walt's divorce, two years passed before his anger began to leak to the surface, but leak it eventually did. The boy could not pardon the mistakes his father had made as a young man, and he was even less willing to pardon the attempt at concealment" (Krakauer 122).
The Dynamics of a Family
Stephen Covey, author of the book "7 Habits of Highly Effective People", once said: "Trust is the glue of life. It's the most essential ingredient to effective communication. It's the foundational principle that holds all relationships" (Covey). I think this quote is extremely relevant to this story because it explains just how important trust is in a relationship. Without trust, even a family bond can break apart. Parents have exceptionally hard jobs with a huge amount of responsibilities. Universally, parents are expected to be caretakers, protectors, role models, and teachers. WHen a parents fails to achieve this responsibility, becoming sources of shame and fear instead, it can be traumatizing for their children. For Chris, this loss of trust not only resulted in Chris being embarrassed of his parents, but also made him view his life as a "lie", and drove him away. He couldn't forgive his father outrageous sins behind so many lies. His mother and father's hypocrisy and lies is probably what made Chris angry at society in the first place. His parents failed to be the role models Chris should've had growing up. If Chris had been raised under a caring and wholesome family, there is a real possibility that he wouldn't have taken such drastic measures,
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