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Analysis Of Chris Mccandless In Into The Wild, By Jon Krakauer

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In the book Into the Wild, the author, John Krakauer, writes about his own life and experiences in an attempt to “throw some oblique light on the enigma of Chris McCandless.” John Krakauer succeeds most in shedding light on Chris McCandless through writing about his experiences with his own father. Lewis Krakauer, John Krakauer’s father, was apparently a very intense man who tried to force his children to become doctors and lawyers. John Krakauer says that when he “did not enter Harvard or any other medical school but became a carpenter and a climbing bum instead, an unbridgeable gulf between us widened.” John Krakauer’s feelings toward his father are very similar to Christopher McCandless’ feelings towards Walt McCandless, his father. John

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