It's All-On-Me, By Jon Krakauer

The romantic notion of condemning society and leaving everything behind is one many have had, but next to none have carried out. While there are reasons for this, Christopher McCandless disregarded them and completed this surreal experience. John Krakauer’s book, Into the Wild, chronicled this journey from Virginia to Alaska. On this expedition McCandless touched many people’s lives, working odd-jobs and hitching rides. He eventually met his end while on his Alaskan odyssey, his most ambitious campaign. Many people think that he deserved this fate because of his disregard for the dangers of the Alaskan wilderness. However, Chris McCandless was independent and he did not care for fitting in. His happiness with his life was uncommon. He was

Chris McCandless was a very unique individual. In Jon Krakauer’s book, Into the Wild, he tries his best to make sense of McCandless’ journey to the Alaskan wilderness. However, he never really figured out what McCandless’ purpose of the trip was. Looking at McCandless’ life throughout the book, I believe that Chris McCandless went on his journey to find happiness within his own life and did achieve it in the end.

Into The Wild written by Jon Krakauer is a biography Into the Wild begins when a young boy just out of college named Chris McCandless decides to disown the rules of society and chooses to live in the wild. After flooding to Alaska he fought with many conflicts that caused him to die. This book traces his steps and trail from living in the wild all the way until his death on August 1992. There are many conflicts that led Chris McCandless to death but the most important was his conflict with his father Walt, conflict with food in the wild, and the conflict within himself.

After McCandless goes into the wild he writes this quote. This quote conveys the author’s message because it shows how proud Chris is to be in the wilderness without his belonging. This quote shows hoe happy and proud McCandless is of his Alaskan adventure.It also shows that even though he thuroughly excited about surviving in the wild he also plans to rejoin civilization even though he describes it as poisonous, for he calls this his “final” adventure, which will “conclude the spiritual revolution.Even

Chris McCandless was a man who had everything to have a successful life. However, Chris McCandless decided to leave it all behind. Chris thought that he was going to go leave all society behind to go live in the wild. Chris thought that it was going to be very hard. Krakauer He was arrogant and ignorance toward the nature and society. In Into the Wild Chris leaves his life behind to live a life alone in the wild. In Into the Wild Krakauer’s message from Chris’s journey is for people to never get too ignorant or too confident because anything can go wrong at anytime.

​In the novel Into The Wild, written by Jon Krakauer, Chris McCandless departs on a dangerous journey in order to fulfill his dreams. Leaving his past behind, McCandless travels across the country and eventually ends his journey in Alaska. McCandless exhibits bravery and kindness by performing jeopardous tasks and building friendships along the way.

Jon Krakauer’s novel, Into the Wild, is telling the story of a young adventurer named Christopher McCandless. His disturbing past led him into the wild away from society. Although, his desire to abandon society led to his death. In Into the Wild , Jon Krakauer characterizes Christopher McCandless as a rebel and wonderlust.

“Happiness is only real, when shared.” - Jon Krakauer Into the wild. Jon Krakauer, the author of Into the Wild told the story of Chris McCandless. Chris escaped reality and went to go live off the land in Alaska, hoping to live a simpler life. In the novel, Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer, Chris McCandless shared a similar philosophy with Jack London, as they both have a strong passion for Alaska, they both appreciated they beauty of nature, and both wanted to be reborn.

Not only did Chris McCandless sacrifice so much for the future that he wanted, but he remained focus on his goal and he never ever regretted a minute of it. Even close to his death he was always smiling in the pictures he took and he never looked for a way out. He came into the wild and learned to be one with it. He respected it and learned from it all while staying at his peak of happiness. Chris McCandless’ did not necessarily have a bad life, but it was clear that he was not always happy. When he was truly happiest, he was alone. His disapproval of modern day society is evident throughout the book; “I told him ‘Man, you gotta have money to get along in this world’ but he wouldn’t take it” (46). He realized he needed to be separated from these people and live on his own. He decided to change his course for the future into an isolated lifestyle all without notice to the people that loved him. He was set up for a great life, but he ended it all to follow his dreams and fulfill his purpose. Not

Chris McCandless was a hero to many people throughout his life and he was often considered a hero to most. But, a lot of people criticized his errors along the journey. When Chris died, his impact on society was mostly positive, and the people who he met remembered his accomplishments that he has made in their life. His passing let people remember him for what he has done to help others along the way. His mistakes and flaws added up from the first day he started this path of life. Throughout the story, Into the Wild, by Jon Krakauer, Chris McCandless is claimed to be a hero by many of the few he met across his journey to Alaska. However, a

Many individuals decide to live their life in solitary; though, only a few choose to live in the wild. The book, Into the Wild, Jon Krakauer vividly paints the adventurous trek Chris McCandless went on. From the friends he made, to the hardships he went through, McCandless is portrayed as a friendly, sociable person despite the fact that he was a vagabond. Other than McCandless, there are even more individuals that have taken the risks to live in the wilderness such as, Jon Krakauer and Everett Ruess. All three of them had both similarities and differences between their own qualities as a person and their journey.

Throughout history, people encounter a stage in their lives where they feel the necessity to assert their independence and challenge their abilities and self-worth. In the book, Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer, the author shares his understanding and kinship with the main character, Chris McCandless, a young man who thrusts himself into a life of solitude and a harsh environment during his search for meaning to his life. Krakauer depicts himself and McCandless as modern day transcendentalists with an abundance of competency, resourcefulness and skills as naturalists. Although McCandless chose to experience a life of solitude and face the hazards that nature presents, his lack of preparedness prevented him from completing his endeavor successfully.

In the book, Into The Wild, Chris McCandless, is a person who seeks happiness in nature but this soon leads to his fall. In Into The Wild, Jon Krakauer characterizes Christopher McCandless as strong willed and rebellious. Throughout the book we see how strong willed Chris truly is. ¨ If you don't take it, I'm going to throw it away¨ pg 7. This quote shows how he goes by what he says and he won't change his mind. ¨he changed his name and donated his twenty-four thousand dollars to charity¨ pg 45. This quote really goes to show how much he didn’t care what people thought of him and how he wasn’t in it for just the money. If not for his strong willed nature, Chris never would have gone out to Alaska and pushed himself to the end. As well

In the book, “Into the Wild,” Chris McCandless has a lot of things in common with Michael Donovan’s poem,”It’s All On Me.” Throughout Chris McCandless life, these writers have come up quite often. They have very inspirational writing to McCandless and he like the very dearly. They have shared themes with some of the stories they have wrote.

This shows that he would no longer bow down to his parents wishes, and would do what would make him happy. In “Nature” by Ralph Waldo, it points to the exact same morals that Chris McCandless has. In Nature, Ralph Waldo says “The incommunicable trees begin to persuade us to live with them, and quit our life of solemn trifles.” Nature itself is calling to Chris McCandless in Into The Wild. It is calling, and it says to “Quit your life of solemn trifles.”