The purpose of the author Jon Krakauer writing the story Into The Wild was to explain the story of an adventurer named Chris McCandless who was not crazy or anything but he was a thrill seeker who always craved adventure. Krakauer wanted to study the character McCandless in the closest possible detail. He saw himself in McCandless and he wanted to know exactly why McCandless went into the wild. In the story, Krakauer uses negation to help define McCandless. Krakauer uses other explorers that failed miserably and were literally crazy to show that McCandless actually was not that bad, he was normal, unlike the other adventures. Krakauer was trying to say that McCandless was not used to the term “bush”,he was a completely normal guy who was just
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For example, in chapter 8 of the book, Krakauer uses three other adventures that are somewhat similar to McCandless. The three adventurers named: Everett Ruess, Carl McCunn, and John Watermen. The three were similar to McCandless except for Waterman was actually insane and McCunn was just a naive character. Although that on page 83 of the book it explains that “ Carl was the sort of guy who would have unrealistic expectations that someone would eventually figure he was in trouble and cover for him. Even as he was on the verge of starving, he probably still imagined that Big Sue was going to fly in at last minute with a planeload of food and have this wild romance. He still wasn't as insane as Waterman and wasn't similar to McCandless. The most common character to McCandless was Ruess, they were both simply in love with the land that they explored and both were very romantic and loved the idea of living on their own, by their own principles. All adventurers are fascinated by the idea of visiting the wilderness and exploring it. …show more content…
It would've been more of a narrative if put together in another way. Krakauer wants the reader to be more interested on how it all happened, what lead up to the decision of him doing what he did. It makes the story more amazing and you need to read to find out all the pieces to the puzzle. If the book was written another way he would’ve not been able to add the other adventurers in such an impactful way. He started of the story with a happy kid that is excited to go live of the land and wants to be independent and live off his own. On the journey a man named Jim Gallien encounters McCandless. “Gallien, a union electrician was on his way to anchorage, 240 miles beyond Denali on the George Parks Highway; he told Alex (Chris) he’d drop him off wherever he wanted”(4). In the first chapter the main character McCandless is going on a 2 hour drive north with this truck driver who is giving him a ride. The driver realizes that McCandless does not have the proper amount of food or resources to survive out there and offers to give some things but he refuses to accept the offer. In the second chapter of the book fast forwards to September 1992 where 5 strangers smell a horrible scent coming from a bus with a note on the back and then a helicopter comes to pick it up. Then he
For example, in chapter 8 of the book, Krakauer uses three other adventures that are somewhat similar to McCandless. The three adventurers named: Everett Ruess, Carl McCunn, and John Watermen. The three were similar to McCandless except for Waterman was actually insane and McCunn was just a naive character. Although that on page 83 of the book it explains that “ Carl was the sort of guy who would have unrealistic expectations that someone would eventually figure he was in trouble and cover for him. Even as he was on the verge of starving, he probably still imagined that Big Sue was going to fly in at last minute with a planeload of food and have this wild romance. He still wasn't as insane as Waterman and wasn't similar to McCandless. The most common character to McCandless was Ruess, they were both simply in love with the land that they explored and both were very romantic and loved the idea of living on their own, by their own principles. All adventurers are fascinated by the idea of visiting the wilderness and exploring it. …show more content…
It would've been more of a narrative if put together in another way. Krakauer wants the reader to be more interested on how it all happened, what lead up to the decision of him doing what he did. It makes the story more amazing and you need to read to find out all the pieces to the puzzle. If the book was written another way he would’ve not been able to add the other adventurers in such an impactful way. He started of the story with a happy kid that is excited to go live of the land and wants to be independent and live off his own. On the journey a man named Jim Gallien encounters McCandless. “Gallien, a union electrician was on his way to anchorage, 240 miles beyond Denali on the George Parks Highway; he told Alex (Chris) he’d drop him off wherever he wanted”(4). In the first chapter the main character McCandless is going on a 2 hour drive north with this truck driver who is giving him a ride. The driver realizes that McCandless does not have the proper amount of food or resources to survive out there and offers to give some things but he refuses to accept the offer. In the second chapter of the book fast forwards to September 1992 where 5 strangers smell a horrible scent coming from a bus with a note on the back and then a helicopter comes to pick it up. Then he