Analysis Of Into The Wild By Jon Krakauer

In the book, Into The Wild, a journalist who was known as John Krakauer tells the story of Christopher Johnson McCandless, rather known as Alex.

In Jon Krakauer's novel Into the Wild, the main character, Chris McCandless, seeks nature so that he can find a sense of belonging and the true meaning of who he is. However, it is the essence of nature that eventually takes his life away from him. At the end of his life, he is discovers his purpose and need of other people. After Chris McCandless death in Alaska, Krakauer wrote Into the Wild to reflect on the journey that McCandless makes. Krakauer protrays McCandless as a young man who is reckless, selfish, and arrogant, but at the same time, intelligent, determined, independent, and charismatic. Along with the irony that occurs in nature, these characteristics are the several factors that contribute to McCandless death.

Krakauer Jon Krakauer blatantly argues that Chris McCandless wasn’t stupid, tragic or inconsiderate in his decisions. Due to the scrutinization and criticism surrounding Chris McCandless, Krakauer uses different examples of individuals who explored, the wild, and did not survive, as well as his own personal experience, to defend McCandless and his actions. In chapter nine, Krakauer underlines his authority and sets himself up to refute McCandless’s detractors. He then establishes familiarity with seperate American men who ventured into the wilderness and did not make it out. The adventurers that are sampled are: Gene Rosellini, John Waterman, and Carl McCunn.

Chris McCandless was just a victim of his own obsession. The novel "Into The Wild" written by John Krakauer revealed the life of a young bright man named Chris McCandless who turned up dead in Alaska in summer 1992. In the novel, John Krakauer approached carefully McCandless's life without putting too much authorial judgment to the readers. Although Chris McCandless remained an elusive figure throughout the novel, I can see Chris McCandless as a dreamy young idealist who tries to follow his dream but failed because of his innocent mistake which prove to be fatal and irreversible. Still, Chris McCandless's courage and passion was something that we should all be proud of.

Throughout his novel Into the Wild, Jon Krakauer’s own perspectives shape the way he tells the story of Chris McCandless. Krakauer’s writing style allows for varying interpretations of the primary motivations of his protagonist, ranging from sympathizing with Chris to perceiving him as selfish. This is especially evident when Krakauer describes an interview with Walt McCandless about his son’s death seven weeks after Chris’ body was found. However, various interpretations of Krakauer’s work can lead to differing points of view on the subject. While Krakauer’s description of Walt’s emotional reaction to his son’s death could indicate Chris’ selfishness in abandoning his family, it could also serve to justify Chris’ decision to embark on his journey into the Alaskan wilderness.

Jawaharlal Nehru, the first prime minister of India once said, “We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm, and adventure. There is no end to the adventures that we can have if we seek them with our eyes open” (Nehru). In the book Into the Wild Jon Krakauer introduces the reader to Christopher McCandless’s, a young man from California with a heart yearning for adventure and a head beyond his years. The reader learns there is no one quite like Chris McCandless, but many people have sought out to seek the “more” from life. Jon Krakauer uses pathos and quirky but also thrilling anecdotes throughout Into the Wild to separate how Chris McCandless perceived himself and how others perceived him.

Occasionally in a person's life, he or she wonders about a certain purpose in life. In extreme cases, when a person attempts to find one's self, he or she may find his or herself in a dangerous or even deadly position. In Jon Krakauer's Into the Wild, Chris McCandless goes out into the wilderness of Alaska to find himself, but he never returns. Jon Krakauer organizes his novel in a circular way, which ties the story together well, and he uses long, periodic sentences to detail and emphasize his points about life and death situations in order to create an aspect of imagery and description throughout the novel.

Into the Wild is a book about a young man named Chris McCandless and his decision to go off and live in the wild. He decided to walk deep into the Alaskan wilderness and abandon all of his possessions and family. This book is the authors, Jon Krakauer, version of Chris McCandless’ story put together through interviewing and speaking with people who knew Chris as well as by using letters Chris wrote to his loved ones.

In the book Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer portrays a story of Chris McCandless and his journey to create a new life for himself though isolation and self determination. While connecting momentarily with people McCandless meets on his expedition, he is determined to cut off all connection with his family and previous life, to create a new one through his own actions. Krakauer depicts McCandless’ yearn for isolationism in relation to his excursion through specific utilization of rhetorical devices throughout his book.

It was not unexpected that Chris died. Although, it is indeed very disappointing to see that such an inspiring pilgrim did not survive his ¬¬¬inspiring journey. His strong will and his determination to live had saved his life many times such as when kayaking down the Colorado River or when nearly drowning in the Gulf of Mexico (Krakauer 5). It is sad to see that his obsession and craving for the natural world would eventually lead to his death. Innocent mistakes such as eating moldy seeds and not having a map handy killed a great soul. One of his final acts, before his death, was to take a picture of himself where he had spent most of his time under the Alaskan sky, Bus 142. His face looked meager, almost like that of a skeleton, yet he still

In Jon Krakauer’s, Into The Wild, Chris’ discomfort with the world was due to him being born this way, making his case a nature rather than a nuture.

Life on the road is not suitable for everyone. Not everyone has the capabilities, personality, or intelligence to live their life on the road. In the novel Into The Wild By Jon Krakauer, the main character, Chris McCandless experiences discomfort on the road such as: starvation, dehydration, traveling on foot for many days, and many more. To live on the road is a personal decision that people, who are like McCandless, make. To begin, living on the road is risking your life on a game of chance.

Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer uses McCandless as safety net. I think it was important to compare and contrast McCandless, Ruess, Rosellini and Waterman because it shows us many aspect of these men that were the same to chris but very much different at the same time. It's important to show how these men went through there own personal struggles while equipping the same personal goals. You probably understand one man more than the other but connected to them all individually. Which Krakauer does connect McCandless , Ruess, Rosellini, Waterman but proves his goal was more realistic in the real world.

Can’t get no satisfaction… or can he? In the book Into The Wild by Jon Krakauer Chris would have been satisfied if he had the opportunity to rejoin society. Chris was ready to spread his experiences to others. Chris writes, “HAPPINESS ONLY REAL WHEN SHARED,” in the book Doctor Zhivago soon after he got back to the bus following when he to leave the bush (Krakauer 189).

Into the Wild (Hirsch, Vaughn and McCandless) is a 2007 film based on the true story of Christopher McCandless, a graduate of Emory University, and his search for a pure and natural freedom in Alaska. McCandless was very troubled by his father's young mistress and his mother's apparent acceptance of that situation (Hirsch, Vaughn and