Into The Wild By Jon Krakauer: Chapter Analysis

In the book Into the Wild, Jon Krakauer describes and investigates the true story of Christopher McCandless, a youthful graduate of Emory university in Atlanta. In september of 1922, Chris’s body is found in an abandoned bus in the middle of the Alaskan wilderness. Prior to his death at 24 years of age, McCandless grew up in the well to do suburb of Annandale Virginia with his family and he had always been a terrific athlete and scholar from the start. Before moving on to college, Christopher goes on a summer long road trip across the country in which he discovers that his father Walter had secretly maintained a relationship with his first wife even after marrying his second wife which Chris’s mom. McCandless bottles this growing anger about

In Alaska, Chris told many people that he was going to try and survive in the Alaskan wilderness. Many people that met Chris told him that he was not prepared to go there, and even offered him Gear. “He had no ax, no bug dope, no snow shoes, no compass.” Jim Gallien, an electrician, gave McCandless a ride to Fairbanks and tried to scare McCandless away by telling him stories and suggesting that he buy more gear. He even offers Chris a ride so Jim can buy gear for him.

In August of 1992, a man by the name of Chris McCandless was found dead in a bus located north of Mt. McKinley Alaska, by a group of hunters. The book, Into the wild, is written by Jon Krakauer who takes on the task of finding out who exactly was Chris McCandless. Through the book, we find out about his childhood, his school life and his travels. The book gives us a sense of who he was a person, his childhood life, and his thoughts on the world. Many argue that his death was a suicide but one can argue that his death was exactly the opposite.

Zoe Engel 6-19-23 Mr. Selfridge Period: 2 Stepping Into the Wilderness The work of nonfiction Into The Wild, by Jon Krakauer, tells the true story of Chris McCandless, an adventurous young man, who leaves home to travel around the continent eventually setting foot into the Alaskan wilderness on a journey that becomes fatal. Highlighted throughout this work of nonfiction is the true story of McCandless’s life, along with bits of Krakauer’s personal life as it relates to McCandless’s. Each chapter begins with at least one epigraph that shares common themes with the following chapter. The focus in this paper will be on chapter 14, “The Stikine Ice Cap,” in which Krakauer shares his experience climbing the Devil’s Thumb in Alaska, and the second

Written by Jon Krakauer, Into the Wild (1996) is non-fiction story that addresses the matters of how to be recognized by humanity and how searching for one’s identity occasionally clashes with being an existent citizen in the society. Chris McCandless left to discover some kind of illumination. Also, he tried to discover his way into the woodlands with very little physical belongings because of the belief that it can make the flight more gratifying. His life-threatening adventure was the hubris that ultimately caused his demise.

Into The Wild is a story written by Jon Krakauer that explains the theme of Survival in this story there is a young man that goes into the woods to try and survive there Christopher Johnson McCandless hitchhiked to Alaska and walked alone into the wilderness Christopher had abandoned his car and possessions burned all his money he had with him and started a new life a couple 4 months later his body was decomposed and was found. The main character in this story is Christopher Johnson McCandless he tries to go to the woods in Alaska and try to survive “if Mccandles had walked a mile so or upstream he would have discovered the river broadened into a maze of braided channels... only chest deep” (170) In this quote it explains that if Christopher

”(Krakauer 21)Chris McCandless’ identity is constructed throughout the story when he uses people to get what he wants,refuses help from others,and stays away from anyone who gets too close to

Thank you, Chris McCandless. August?”(Krakauer,12) Journal: (P)At this point in the book two different parties have found Chris McCandless's note. I think at this point he is already dead with this things written at the start of the book and the rotting smell. I do not think the two parties will trust one another and help report him in fear that the other party killed him. I did not understand why Chris spend all day searching for food while already being really weak.

My first impressions of Chris McCandless were that he was delusional and a very resentful person, because we differ greatly in personality. McCandless was portrayed as a misfit in his own family, which attributed to his wanting to escape into the wild. In a letter to Carnie, his sister, he wrote" I 'm going to completely knock them out of my life. I 'm going to divorce them as my parents...and never speak to either of those idiots again"(Krakauer 64). McCandless left to where he thought that he belonged, in the wild, he never contacted his family again.

"I think that Chris McCandless was bright and ignorant at the same time. He had no common sense, and he had no business going to Alaska with his Romantic silliness. He made a lot of mistakes based on ignorance. I don’t admire him at all for his courage nor his noble ideas. Really, I think he was just plain crazy."

He isolated himself from everybody that truly cared about him, and he even went so far as to turn his back on society. Chris and I may both value our independence, except we chose to go about these beliefs in drastically different ways. I chose to value my interpersonal connections instead of driving them away. I found that being close to somebody and discovering different views of the world can allow you to self-reflect without having to be on your own. McCandless drove away human connection and decided he needed to do this on his own.

In conclusion, Krakauer proves Chris’ sanity by using rhetorical devices. Chris was not insane: he was an idealistic man who became a martyr for a different lifestyle, one of freedom and

Going out into the wilderness by himself,

The author was correct when insisting Chris McCandless was not a crazy person, a sociopath, or an out cast. Those that crossed paths with McCandless, seemed to be drawn to him with his easy to like personality. “He couldn't get the young man out of his mind”, Kraukauer states about eighty one year old Mr. Franz. “There was something about him”, explains Mrs. Westerberg. Chris McCandless was obviously not an out cast as he made good friends easily.

Krakauer 's Into The Wild presents significant impact on the character of Chris McCandless through the few female voices of the novel, their individual relationships with Chris, and how the relationships are viewed on both ends. Through Billie’s eyes,