Into The Wild By Jon Krakuer

Into the wild is a biography and nonfiction book written by Jon Krakauer. The book is about the journey of Christopher Johnson Mccandless ( Alex )journey throughout the west coast of the USA. Christopher’s journey takes him places such as the the snowy state of Alaska, and the mountainous terrains of the Sierra Nevada’s. The main protagonist Christopher Mccandless is 24 years old, and believes that life is best lived alone. Testing his theory Christopher goes to live alone in the western US, until testing his limits and venturing to Alaska.

I believe McCandless was inconsiderate and an idiot for his actions because he was living a good wealthy life, and he decides to abandon it. Not only did he abandon his family and belongings, he also underestimates the environment of Alaska, which allowed him to become

Christopher McCandless went into the wild looking for something that is not clear, according to Jon Krakauer in his book “Into the Wild” (1996). The people he met along his journey and the actions he did, describe him as a hubristic, mentally disturbed, survivalist. But not all of this is true. Some people believe he went in the wilderness because he was tired of his parents who wanted him to be the same as them but he believed money was “shameful, corrupting, and inherently evil” (115). We have clear that one of his motivations was the love of literature, trying to follow some of the authors he idolized, London and Thoreau.

INTO THE WILD Jon Karkauer, in his bestselling book called “INTO THE WILD”, In (1996) argues that Into the wild is going to be about a life of Chris McCandless, a determine you who gave up his life to start an adventure to Alaska, nevertheless his body was find dead in Moose hunters bus. While I disagree with callarmen to a certain extent, I fully accept his claim that McCandless made a lot of mistakes because he wasn’t fully prepared for Alaska. I disagree with callarmen when he says that Chris was just playing crazy because McCandless was highly educated and was an experienced adventurer.

“His rifle was only .22 caliber, a bore too small to rely on if he expected to kill large animals like moose and caribou, which he would have to eat if he hoped to remain very long in the country. He had no ax, no bug dope, no snowshoes, no compass. The only navigational aid in his possession was a tattered state road map he’d scrounged at a gas station. “(Krakauer 6). McCandless brought only a few materials to survive, the amount or supplies and the items he brought definitely showed Chris McCandless was unprepared.

He gave away his possessions, including his savings, and set out on a journey that would ultimately lead to his death. There are several reasons why McCandless can be seen as a fool. First, he was unprepared for the harsh Alaskan wilderness. He lacked proper gear, supplies, and training. He didn't bring a map or a compass, and he didn't have any experience living off the land.

Where there wasn’t anyone to tell him, no, don’t follow that route. We don’t want you to hinder all that we have indure, your parents want more for you.. He grew weary of his surroundings, he tried too hard to make sense of the everyday world. Tired of the representation of a good samaritan, McCandless could care less what everyone else did, prior to that very moment. He wanted to choose the path that he wanted, just like his heroes Jack London and David Thoreau.

Critics argue that McCandless is rather unprepared nor does he have the necessary survival skills to survive in the hypothermic winter in the Stampede Trail. McCandless’s unpreparedness leads him to “overestimate [himself], underestimate the country, and [end] up in trouble” (71) Upon McCandless’s return to the Carthage grain mill, he tells Westerberg “he [plans] on staying until April 15th, just long enough to put together a grubstake” (62). Westerberg undoubtedly did not agree with McCandless’s stubborn determination of his vagabond voyage and says, “there [are] gaps in his thinking” (63). In mid-April, Westerberg is shorthanded on employees and makes a final attempt to post pone McCandless’s departure by offering to fly him out to Fairbanks, but “Once [McCandless] made up his mind about something, there was no way of changing it” (67). Despite Westerberg’s endeavour, he could not compel McCandless to stay as he has an extremely headstrong nature and iron-willed stoutheartedness.

The book Into the Wild is a true story written by Jon Krakauer. Into the Wild tells the true story of 24-year-old Christopher McCandless in Alaska's Denali National Park and Preserve, where he starved to death in an abandoned bus after spending four months foraging and hunting game. Intelligent but burdened by anger at his brilliant but overbearing and imperfect father, McCandless went entirely without human contact for four months in an attempt to purify himself of

McCandless is, finally, just a pale 20th-century burlesque of London’s protagonist, who freezes because he ignores advice and commits big time hubris) .... His ignorance, which could have been cured by a USGS quadrant and a Boy Scout manual, is what killed him.” (Krakauer, 51). This added quote supports the claim that because of the underlying theme of McCandless’s arrogance it caused him to go into the Alaskan wilderness ill-equipped and unprepared which eventually led to his untimely

In the book "InTo The Wild" by Jon Krakauer is a shocking story of how a man named Christopher Johnson McCandless graduates from college then he goes to Lake Mead National Recreation Area then he dissapears then everything takes a turn. There are alot of tough situations through out the book. Christopher is stranded in Alaska and a truck driver stops and asks where is he going and asks him for a ride to Denali National Park. He arrives and goes down the stampede Trail then he dissappeared and no one can find him.

After hearing this Galien realized that he did not have nearly enough supplies on him to survive for months. He tried to discourage McCandless to go with that little supplies. McCandless would not listen to him and eventually went out anyway. McCandless did not let anybody tell him how he should live his life. Even if it could be dangerous he still did it despite multiple people telling him that he shouldn’t.

This statement, made by Shaun Callarman, pertains to Chris McCandless’s trek into Alaska that ultimately led to death by starvation. Since the recovery of Chris’s body, there has been much speculation about the prevention of Chris’s death and the possible causes. Despite Callarman’s plea of craziness, there have been both eye-witness accounts showing that Chris was sane and prepared when leaving for the Alaskan wilderness, many natural

The Alaskan Bush is one of the hardest places to survive without any assistance, supplies, skills, and little food. Jon Krakauer explains in his biography, Into The Wild, how Christopher McCandless ventured into the Alaskan Bush and ultimately perished due to lack of preparation and hubris. McCandless was an intelligent young man who made a few mistakes but overall Krakauer believed that McCandless was not an ignorant adrenalin junkie who had no respect for the land. Krakauer chose to write this biography because he too had the strong desire to discover and explore as he also ventured into the Alaskan Bush when he was a young man, but he survived unlike McCandless. Krakauer’s argument was convincing because he gives credible evidence that McCandless was not foolish like many critics say he was.

Everyone makes mistakes, no one’s perfect, although he made mistakes he would try and find another way around it and try to survive on his own not relying on anybody. He made friends on his journey like the couple, the young girl, and also the old man. They helped McCandless go the right way and not the wrong way. The last mistake he made costed him his life by eating the wrong plant making him paralysed, nauseous, dizzy and much more. The biggest mistake of all was him leaving ending his life with hunger.