n isolating himself from those around him. After graduation he takes off and fails to speak to his parents, or even his sister he was so close with. As months, even years pass, they all continue to worry and can’t do a thing about it. Carine swears one night she heard his voice calling “Mom! Help me!”
Chapter 13 In Chapter 13 of Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer, the author interviews Chris McCandless’s younger sister, Carine. She is compared to McCandless several times throughout this chapter. Krakauer writes when describing Carine, “Also like Chris, she clashed fiercely with Walt and Billie..the differences between the siblings were greater than their similarities” (Page 129).Carine cannot imagine herself going out into the wild like her brother …show more content…
He is accompanied by three companions, Alaskans Roman Dial and Dan Solie, and Andrew Liske, all experienced outdoorsmen. Krakauer has a map with him, leading him to a gauging station built by U.S. Geological Survey. With slight difficulty, Krakauer makes it across the river. He begins to wonder why McCandless was so quick to give up on crossing and why didn’t attempt in August when the water wouldn’t have been as strong. After a long walk, Krakauer and his friends reach the abandoned bus where McCandless starved to death. Krakauer is astonished to see so many of McCandless’s belongings including a bag of feathers, most likely used to insulate, the machete Ronald Frenz gave him, books, a stove, along with some clothes and boots. Questions form among Krakauer and his friends on whether McCandless was just stupid and made too many mistakes, or he had every reasoning to feel the need to live off the land. At the end of the day, Krakauer believes McCandless had his own reasoning to do what he did. He writes, “He demanded much of himself..more in the end than he can ever deliver” (Page
Chapter 13 In Chapter 13 of Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer, the author interviews Chris McCandless’s younger sister, Carine. She is compared to McCandless several times throughout this chapter. Krakauer writes when describing Carine, “Also like Chris, she clashed fiercely with Walt and Billie..the differences between the siblings were greater than their similarities” (Page 129).Carine cannot imagine herself going out into the wild like her brother …show more content…
He is accompanied by three companions, Alaskans Roman Dial and Dan Solie, and Andrew Liske, all experienced outdoorsmen. Krakauer has a map with him, leading him to a gauging station built by U.S. Geological Survey. With slight difficulty, Krakauer makes it across the river. He begins to wonder why McCandless was so quick to give up on crossing and why didn’t attempt in August when the water wouldn’t have been as strong. After a long walk, Krakauer and his friends reach the abandoned bus where McCandless starved to death. Krakauer is astonished to see so many of McCandless’s belongings including a bag of feathers, most likely used to insulate, the machete Ronald Frenz gave him, books, a stove, along with some clothes and boots. Questions form among Krakauer and his friends on whether McCandless was just stupid and made too many mistakes, or he had every reasoning to feel the need to live off the land. At the end of the day, Krakauer believes McCandless had his own reasoning to do what he did. He writes, “He demanded much of himself..more in the end than he can ever deliver” (Page