Into the wild

I watched the movie "Into the wild" last week.
It is a real story of a young backpacker's journey and his death.
He discarded almost all materials which he was given by his parents
and then started his journey to the north.
He got over a lot of troubles and got to Alaska somehow in 2years.
But the nature of Alaska was much harsher than he expected
(or maybe as he expected), he made a small but fatal mistake
unfortunately and died.

I don't know whether his action was good or bad.
I think he was naive and immature, so that he sought "perfect".
But he was struggling to see who he was and what around him was.
I think it wouldn't have been a waste if he had been alive.
He would have been able to share many things with people around
him.

Now, I'm reading the book of "Into the wild".
It means that was not a waste at all even if he was dead.