Jon Krakauer’s, Into the Wild, reveals a true pitiful story behind a man named Christopher McCandless, who suffered and struggled lonesome for over one hundred days in Alaska. Because Chris had appreciated wilderness so much, he abandoned his well-to-do family and traveled alone. Chris’ will to leave home affected the people around him only because of his odd dream he desired to fulfill. Untroubled, Chris created his dream within a year by relocating himself to Fairbanks, Alaska. Due to his improper packing to the bleak weather conditions, Chris experienced a unhygenic lifestyle which then led to an unspeakable death. Through Chris, Krakauer conveys that the pursuit of happiness is not always a promise of happiness. Krakauer’s characterization
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When Chris first started his journey in Alaska, he found what he called the “magic bus.” Chris was “elated to be there,” (Krakauer 163) because the old bus supplied shelter and maybe if he was lucky enough, he would catch a variety of animals to feast on. Supporting my point, “[Chris] also became much more successful at his hunting game,” (Krakauer 164) due to the location of the magic bus. The bus was a symbol of luck to Christopher; however, the bus he relied on for hunting led Christopher “starving to death.” Not to mention, another big symbol taken place in the novel was when Chris McCandless had genuinely donated “all the money in his college fund to OXFAM America, a charity dedicated to fighting hunger” (Krakauer 20). Ironically, McCandless sustained a serious starvation problem in Alaska due to a lack of foods. Since Krakauer thoroughly displays Christopher’s way of logical thinking, he proved he was more hungry for nature and searching for himself than the actual substance of food itself. All the food symbolizes the way Chris viewed other aspects in his new lifestyle because of the shortfall of proper …show more content…
Death cut Chris’ journey short because he had eaten a potato seed containing poisonous mold causing him great illness. He was useless and afraid; thus leading McCandless to question his perspective into how things worked out for him. Chris began to convert his decision of his lifestyle and had fancied to return back home, safe and unworried. He was too weak to hunt and was not able to support himself because he was malnourished. As his sickness developed over the days, he rested abandoned in his Magic Bus, covered in unsanitary blankets and surrounded by bugs. He began to open the “nine or ten paperbound books” (Krakauer 162) he brought with him and started annotating specific passages which influenced him. Doctor Zhivago, an author who impacted him as a reader, actually changed his mentality of continuing to stay as an adventurer. Found in the book margins, “ HAPPINESS ONLY REAL WHEN SHARED,” (Krakauer 189) and soon Chris realized being in the wilderness isn’t what he truly wanted and believed he was meant for more in his life; he was persuaded there was a destination awaiting for him elsewhere than Alaska. Rethinking his adventure, he knew “it was time to bring his ‘final and greatest adventure’ to a close and get himself back to the world of men and women.” He craved comfort from the people he adored and
When Chris first started his journey in Alaska, he found what he called the “magic bus.” Chris was “elated to be there,” (Krakauer 163) because the old bus supplied shelter and maybe if he was lucky enough, he would catch a variety of animals to feast on. Supporting my point, “[Chris] also became much more successful at his hunting game,” (Krakauer 164) due to the location of the magic bus. The bus was a symbol of luck to Christopher; however, the bus he relied on for hunting led Christopher “starving to death.” Not to mention, another big symbol taken place in the novel was when Chris McCandless had genuinely donated “all the money in his college fund to OXFAM America, a charity dedicated to fighting hunger” (Krakauer 20). Ironically, McCandless sustained a serious starvation problem in Alaska due to a lack of foods. Since Krakauer thoroughly displays Christopher’s way of logical thinking, he proved he was more hungry for nature and searching for himself than the actual substance of food itself. All the food symbolizes the way Chris viewed other aspects in his new lifestyle because of the shortfall of proper …show more content…
Death cut Chris’ journey short because he had eaten a potato seed containing poisonous mold causing him great illness. He was useless and afraid; thus leading McCandless to question his perspective into how things worked out for him. Chris began to convert his decision of his lifestyle and had fancied to return back home, safe and unworried. He was too weak to hunt and was not able to support himself because he was malnourished. As his sickness developed over the days, he rested abandoned in his Magic Bus, covered in unsanitary blankets and surrounded by bugs. He began to open the “nine or ten paperbound books” (Krakauer 162) he brought with him and started annotating specific passages which influenced him. Doctor Zhivago, an author who impacted him as a reader, actually changed his mentality of continuing to stay as an adventurer. Found in the book margins, “ HAPPINESS ONLY REAL WHEN SHARED,” (Krakauer 189) and soon Chris realized being in the wilderness isn’t what he truly wanted and believed he was meant for more in his life; he was persuaded there was a destination awaiting for him elsewhere than Alaska. Rethinking his adventure, he knew “it was time to bring his ‘final and greatest adventure’ to a close and get himself back to the world of men and women.” He craved comfort from the people he adored and