Analysis Of Into The Wild By Chris Mccandless

Surviving in Alaska is no simple task. You are constantly putting your life in danger. Living of the and is no vacation. Christopher McCandless was not an exception to these facts. In the book Into The Wild by Jon Krakauer, the protagonist Christopher McCandless dies due to his inexperience surviving in climates like Alaska. What happened to him could have been prevented. First of all, Chris would have had a better chance at survival if he was more prepared to live in Alaska. Secondly, Chris made many mistakes that led to his death that could have be less severe if he knew what to do. Finally, Chris was not the only one that made mistakes that cost them their lives.

In his novel, Into the Wild, Jon Krakauer recounts the true tale of Chris McCandless, a recent college graduate who decided against a professional career and instead opted for a life of adventuring and self-reliance. Readers of Into the Wild have shared differing opinions of McCandless. Some view him as passionate, courageous, and admirable while others view him as reckless, arrogant, and “unworthy of the considerable media attention he received.” (Author’s Note) Though McCandless’ courage and steadfast dedication to his beliefs are admirable, I believe that his hubris, naivete, and his inadequate preparation should be the most important points in any discussion of his trips and subsequent death.

The desire to be at one with nature sometimes becomes apparent within some of us. Into The Wild by Jon Krakauer highlights the fact that Chris McCandless is a reckless fool and a narcissist due to his carelessness, ignorance, and incompetence.

To the average person, going off and living off the land is far fetched from the ideal “perfect life” or “American Dream”. To Christopher McCandless, it’s another story, he isn’t the type of person to “stick to the status quo”, he follows the things that he believes could benefit himself. To some people, it may be narcissistic because it’s selfish to only think about what is good for yourself, but to others it could be heroic to have courage to be able to stand out from and break conformity. Chris McCandless, who was well liked and very educated man, left the life that many people desire to have behind and he went off to “live off the land, to survive off of the resources that nature offered he immersed himself in nature to find himself. It takes a lot of courage and guts to go out and “live off the land” with limited supplies but it also takes a lot of skills to do it well, and he underestimated what Mother Nature could do, leading to his death.

Is it worth to give up your lifestyle and force yourself to live a different one? Some people are willing to quit their own lifestyles to live a whole new different life. In the story “Into the Wild” Chris McCandless was running from his family because of all the drama that he had to face growing up. He even left Washington D.C to move to Alaska, he did this because he was very fond of nature. In the book “Into the Wild” the Author Jon Krakauer explains how Chris McCandless was able to sacrifice his life in order to live a life in the wilderness. A lot of people wouldn’t want to do this because people wouldn’t to want to be willing to give up their own lifestyle in order to start a new one from scratch. It’s not worth it to lose your own lifestyle because it could also result into you losing your life as well.

People debate whether Chris McCandless was an idealist or narcissist. They ask if his actions were noble or just plain stupid. John krakauer's depictions of Chris mcCandless’s Great Alaskan journey, Into the Wild and “Death of an Innocent”, take readers through the struggles, mistakes, accomplishments and relationships that he made. Chris who left for his journey across America in June 1990 was tramping from city to city, meeting many faces and encountering many experiences along the way. Sadly he makes Four Critical mistakes along his trip that eventually lead to his death in August of 1992.

To most people, Chris McCandless is a brave and courageous man who went into the wilderness at his own will. Jon Krakauer is one of these people. In his book called Into the Wild, Krakauer writes about the case of Chris McCandless. It has multiple findings and interviews from people and objects that Chris McCandless had. While reading his book, Krakauer shows multiple signs of supporting McCandless’s actions. His reasoning comes from the fact that McCandless reminds him of himself. Krakauer feels that he understands the reasoning behind Chris McCandless’s sudden disappearance, making him biased towards the thought Chris McCandless being a noble and inspirational person. This isn’t a bad thing, it just makes Krakauer’s opinion turn more to Chris McCandless’s side. It gives him a different point of view

Chris McCandless was a very educated person who wanted to go to Alaska. He gave away his trust fund to a charity it was around $25,000 that he donated. He came from a wealthy family, but only saw money as a dangerous object. McCandless didn’t tell his family that he was leaving so it was a really big surprise that he left. He drove his old rusty car as far as it would get him and then he started walking. Chris McCandless did not have a purpose of why he wanted to go to Alaska. McCandless was going to do whatever it took to get where he needed to go. When he started his journey he burned the rest of his

Chris McCandless was an intelligent person who followed his dreams going to the wild and living life. Chris had hitch hiked his whole entire journey all the way into Alaska. Chris came from a wealthy family Chris went to college and got his bachelor's his parents. Chris had a different view of life than other people did after Chris graduated from college he disappeared from his family. Chris had went on and he isolated himself from society. Little to know that he wasn’t prepared to go into the wild Chris is stuck with no food or a map to get himself over the river back into society. Chris was stuck in a bus that he was staying at which was later to be his dying bed, Chris had died from starvation. Many people looked up to Chris he left people making them wonder about him. Chris’s life is to be admire by some and others do not admire it at all, I admire his life

The story of a young man’s journey, told through interviews and acquired letters and journal entries, is interpreted and analyzed by Jon Krakauer in his novel Into the Wild. Chris McCandless, the combatant of his own story, embarks on an adventure around America after graduating from Emory University. When McCandless finds himself in the Alaskan wilderness with only a rifle, ten pounds of rice, a camera, and a few extra books and journals, he dies of starvation after a mere four months. In the novel, Krakauer successfully uses concrete diction to create complex sentences, apostrophes, and anecdotes to analyze the few interactions McCandless has leading up to his death and to drive the reader to question the role of an individual in society and if Chris McCandless deserves his eventual death.

He also spurned the generosity of those who helped him throughout his journey. Furthermore, Chris abandoned his family and old friends for his own obstinate reasons. McCandless was inherently selfish for journeying to find “ultimate freedom” because of how much

Chris McCandless was crazy in search for freedom into the wild. He made poor decisions and was ignorant in a rebellious way which led to the execution of his own life. I agree with the author, Jon Krakauer that Chris, “…incautious to the point of foolhardiness.’’ Chris wasn’t ready or properly trained about survival which made him a fool to his own death.

Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer is a biography about a man named Chris McCandless that moved into wilderness and tried to survive. Chris McCandless was about 18 or 19 years old when he started traveling. He was a good student in school but he rejected the thought of going to law school. Instead, after he graduated, McCandless moved away from his parents and tried to start his new lifestyle. Chris McCandless faces conflict with three main things, society, family, and unpreparedness. McCandless faces three main conflicts, one of the three is society. When McCandless was offered a car from his parents after his graduation, McCandless feels aggravated that his parents would try to give the car to him. This is an example of conflict between McCandless and society because McCandless believes in society that parents try to buy their child's respect through gifts (Krakauer 20). McCandless often times showed that he was against society through actions with meanings. For example, McCandless burns all the money he has left to show that he will not let material used in everyday life control how

Jon Krakauer wrote a biography, Into The Wild (1996), describing a man’s, Chris McCandless, life before and during his journey to Alaska to be able to discover himself and a new life while leaving his family with worry and pain. Jon Krakauer has demonstrated Chris’s relationship with his family, like his father who he did not get along with and his sister who he adored so much, and how he left his family without warning or ever contacting them during his journey. Chris McCandless has always been around money and a caring family that he wanted to see the reality of the real world where money is not in it or the importance of his family. He supports his claim by describing McCandless’s journey while meeting new people and experiencing new things

During “Into The Wild” Chris McCandless sets out on an ultimate adventure that leads to his unfortunate death. Main points of the story had to deal with him hitchhiking, and throwing away tons of money; or just plain out giving it away. In today’s everyday life we need to use money for everything. The Nymiang Tribe does not use money to state their wealth or status they use cattle. As if one person has more cattle than another tribe member they are considered more wealthy. This tribe is located in South Kordofan State (Northern Sudan) and the population is 100,000 along with most of them being muslim. Now throughout the story Chris came from a pretty middle-class wealthy family, where his father worked for NASA and brought in most of the household