Before, Alex’s death he carved into a piece of wood stating “Jack London is King”. The carving was found near the site of McCandless’s dead body. This is a coincidence because Alex ended up dying because of journeying into the wilderness and Jack London has portrayed the wild as a horrifying and harmful place. The autopsy report displayed how Alex’s muscles became withered and how his body lost most of its fat content from being in the wild without any supplies. This epigraph proved the dangers and darkness the wild holds and how Alex’s chances of survival was low from the beginning.
