Into The Wild Book Report

I agree with Callarman when he stated, '' I think that Chris McCandless was bright and ignorant at the same time. He had no common sense, and he had no business going into Alaska with his Romantic silliness. He made a lot of mistakes based on arrogance. I don't admire him at all for his courage nor his noble idea. Really, I think he was just plain crazy.'' I'm in the same page as Callarman because I give McCandless the credit for the courage he had to go into the wild without anything just living how an animal would live in the wild. At the same time I think he just ran away from his problems instead of facing them.

He took the road that no one would ever imagine doing and he changed the lives of all the people he met. Chris found his purpose in life in the wild. He had always believed in living life to the fullest and he believed that “If you want something in this life, reach out and grab it.” “The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon…” Chris McCandless spent a lot of time looking for something entirely different from what he already had and while he found true happiness it eventually lead to his demise. The purpose that Chris was looking for in life was happiness with others. He didn’t like staying in one place for too long and when he found the beauty in Alaska it wasn’t the same. He wrote in his journal “Happiness only real when shared.” By the time Christopher McCandless found the true meaning and purpose in his life it was already too late. There was no way Chris was going to be able to make it out alive of the Stampede Trail. The last note Chris wrote said, “I have had a happy life and thank the Lord. Goodbye and may God bless all!” Chris died happy and at peace with his life in the place he enjoyed the most. Chris McCandless died knowing what truly mattered in life, sharing your happiness with

On the other hand, for those he did care about, he left a positive impact on their lives. Chris was raised in an environment where“...hideous domestic violence hidden behind a mask of prosperity and propriety” (Mcalpin). While some believe that going to Alaska was a way to take revenge on his parents, it is hard to imagine those actions taken by Chris who is someone independent and holds neoteric ideals. It is more presumable to suppose that Chris just wanted to cut off ties to those he thinks contravenes with his ideals and ambitions. On the other hand, for everyone he met on the journey, he built a positive relationship; he maintained those relationships up until his death, even telling Wayne, “‘Till then I’ll always think of you as a friend” (Krakauer 33). He consistently sent postcards and shared his current status and new thoughts to Ron, Wayne, and Jan Burres. In his long letter to Ron detailing his pilgrimage, he gave heartfelt thanks and sincere hopes to see him again, writing “Ron, I really enjoy all the help you have given me and the times that we spent together….But providing that I get through this Alaskan Deal in one piece you will be hearing from me again in the future” (Krakauer 56). What makes this letter so special is the fact that Chris

Chris McCandless thought that he was prepared for his Alaskan odyssey. It turned out he was very ill prepared which is what caused his death. He did not pack enough food because he compared the amount of food he would need to his southern adventures. He also didn’t have the

Seven billion people in the world, all with unique personalities, on this earth to serve a purpose in their own life, or someone else’s. Chris McCandless was a man with unique qualities, and served to please himself and coincedently others as well. In the book “Into the Wild” the author, Jon Krakauer, explains the adventures and mishaps Chris McCandless went through in his life. Krakauer admired Chris for his personality, and his ability to be determined and hardworking at everything he did. Chris McCandless was an admirable man, with his individual view on life, and the way he could touch a person’s life and impact them forever.

McCandless was bright and a little ignorant. He was bright enough to not let anything get in his way of doing what he wanted to do but ignorant considering the fact he never took anyone's advice. I don't agree that he had no common sense and that he shouldn't of went to alaska. People are allowed to do what makes them happy and that doesn't mean they're not going to face things on the way. He did make a lot of mistakes but i believe it's because he couldn't get back, it's not that he didn't want to go back, he couldn't. He was crazy, crazy about life and freeness, can we really blame him for just wanting to escape and find

Chris McCandless as depicted in the book Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer and in the movie of the same name by Sean Penn, was not ignorant and he did have common sense. He had every reason to go into the Alaskan wilderness and to say he had no common sense is ridiculous. He was definitely not crazy and his courage and noble ideas should be admired. He was a man that followed his dreams and did something that most of us wish we had the guts to do. What Chris McCandless A.K.A Alexander Supertramp did, was admirable and worthy of respect.

He took the things he needs with him and got rid of the rest. He lasted a hundred days in the wild, it takes at least twenty eight days to break an old habit. He told his friend Jan Burres where he was, and if he didn’t have common sense he wouldn’t do that. “ In September he hitched down U.S Highway 101 California, then headed east into the desert again. And by early October he had landed in Bullhead City, Arizona.” (pg.39) When Callarman says “ He has no common sense he has no business going to Alaska...” McCandless had every right to go to Alaska. He didn’t want his parents to know where he was going, because he was of age and he doesn’t have to everything by his parents. That's why he changed his name. He wanted to start over by going to Alaska and learning new things along the way. You learn from your mistakes, that's what makes us human. McCandless couldn’t live up to his father expectations anymore. He always saw his father as a liar because he was living a double life with another family. Yes, he did have every right to go to Alaska, a person can only take so much. When it get to a certain point, it drive someone to do something they will either regret or a great feeling. He found what he was looking for freedom and happiness. He was a brilliant person, he wrote things in his letters and journals that was really

He underestimates the terrain and climate, and, “…came into the country with insufficient provisions, and he lacked certain pieces of equipment deemed essential by many Alaskans…” (180 Krakauer). Chris lacked the necessities, so it made his survival rate drop. Information is key in the wilderness, which, “not only did McCandless die because he was stupid, one Alaskan correspondent observed, but ‘the scope of his self-styled adventure was so small as to a ring pathetic-squatting in a wrecked bus a few miles out of Healy, potting jays and squirrels, mistaking a caribou for a moose (pretty hard to do)…only one word for the guy: incompetent’” (177 Krakauer). Chris lacked the knowledge needed to survive the Alaskan frontier, which dropped his survival rate.

Into the Wild, a book by Jon Krakauer and a film by Sean Penn,features the journey of christopher McCandless,the son of wealthy parents who graduated from Emory University as a top student athlete.However, instead of embarking on a prestigious and profitable career, he chooses to give his savings to charity,rid himself of his possessions, and set out on a journey to the alaskan. He made a lot of mistakes based on arrogance.I do not admire him at all for his courage nor his noble ideas.He had no business going into the alaska with him romantic silliness.I feel that what he had did was ignorance and not right in my opinion.If he was so smart with a college diploma then he should have been smart enough to realize that he didn't have to go to that extremeness of going into alaska.

Throughout he was offered multiple opportunities to improve his situation and gear but he refused. Whether it was offers of improved gear from Jim Gallien in Alaska or money and knives at the Slabs McCandless simply couldn’t accept any help from others. The only form of help he somewhat accepted were people offers of rides that would set him on the path of where he needs to go. Others may argue that he was just trying to do it his way and survive within his own means. While this is a valid point his attempt to survive within his own means ultimately cost him his life. As many Alaskan’s pointed out he had entered the wilderness entirely ill-prepared just to survive nearly dying for a bit “does not make you a better human, it makes you damn lucky.”. Others pointed out how he had forgotten the first Boy Scout rule of being prepared (71). If he was able to accept the help of other, especially gear improval, he would almost certainly had a much better chance of surviving his time in the Alaskan

Into the Wild, written by John Krakauer tells of a young man named Chris McCandless who 1deserted his college degree and all his worldly possessions in favor of a primitive transient life in the wilderness. Krakauer first told the story of Chris in an article in Outside Magazine, but went on to write a thorough book, which encompasses his life in the hopes to explain what caused him to venture off alone into the wild. McCandless’ story soon became a national phenomenon, and had many people questioning why a “young man from a well-to-do East Coast family [would] hitchhike to Alaska” (Krakauer i). Chris comes from an affluent household and has parents that strived to create a desirable life for him and his sister. As Chris grows up, he

He believes, unlike the Alaskans believed, that McCandless knew what he was doing and that he could have survived if not for his recklessness. He believed that the death of this boy might have been caused by the wild potatoes he had been living on (Krakauer, 193). Although, it could not be proven nor verified, this is what Krakauer, himself, concluded through his research. Krakauer also goes on to point out the distinction of his own self from McCandless, albeit of the various similarities. “As a young man. I was unlike McCandless in many important regards; most notably, I possessed neither his intellect nor his lofty ideals.” (Krakauer, 155). Krakauer regards McCandless as being much more clever and resourceful than he believed himself to be. That is what made him different from the young boy. Krakauer, himself, had given up on his passions after that dangerous encounter, whereas, McCandless had fought through until his last

In the book Into The Wild by Jon Krakauer, Krakauer writes about Christopher McCandless, a young man who drops everything in his life to go travel throughout the states and end up in Alaska to find the truth to his questions. But did Chris find the truth he desperately desired? Some would say that McCandless did, other would say that he has wasted his time and was being ignorant and stupid. I agree with the author, Jon Krakauer, that Christopher McCandless was not a crazy lunatic, a sociopath, or an outcast because he had made lots of friends while traveling, but there were times when Chris was incompetent, even though he managed to stay alive for quite awhile. Christopher McCandless had a pretty normal childhood.

Into the Wild is a book about the story of a man that decides to live his life on his own, His name is Chris McCandless after all the good of his education he decides to live solitary. And discover what life is really about .He had a wealthy parents who support him when he Graduated from Emory University . He was a good student and an athlete in college. But instead of doing good his life he decide to go into the wild and explore, I think it's a stupid option because after all the study , all the work , he threw everything away. He probably was tired of all the people that's why he did left to live his life .McCandless carry a heavily annotated copy of the text with him throughout his travels, that way he can don't lose the mind, I think what