In this essay I will first explain why the novel, Into the Wild is a book about mystery. Secondly, I will explain what the mystery is that needs to be solved and why I believe this is true. Lastly, I will explain whether or not the mystery was solved at the end of the story.
The novel, Into The Wild is indeed a mystery of the highest order. The mysteries involved in the novel, Into The Wild are primarily based on how Chris McCandless died. John Krakauer informs the reader that Chris McCandless died in the beginning of the novel, but does not inform the reader until the end of the story on how McCandless died. Krakauer leaves it up to the reader to believe whether or not McCandless’s death was intentional or unintentional.
The mystery that needs to be solved in the novel, Into The Wild is focused on how and why Chris McCandless died. The novel focuses on Chris McCandless’s stubborn attitude and ambition to run away from society and live among nature. McCandless was indeed unprepared and lacked essential items to survive. McCandless simply died from being unprepared, but McCandless’s cause of death was from a plant called wild potato, the poisonous potato seeds that he ate caused his death. …show more content…
I believe that if he would of brought a map and known that help wasn’t far from where he was that it could of saved his life. “If McCandless had possessed a U.S. Geological Survey topographic map, it would have alerted him to the existence of a Park Service cabin on the upper Sushana River, six miles due south of the bus, a distance he might have been able to cover even in his severely weakened state (Krakauer, 196). I believe that Chris McCandless did not intentionally want to die; I strongly believe that McCandless had no intention on dying; rather it was an attempt to go out into the wild. I believe he wanted to escape from society and explore and the only way he knew how was to be by himself and live off
The novel, Into The Wild is indeed a mystery of the highest order. The mysteries involved in the novel, Into The Wild are primarily based on how Chris McCandless died. John Krakauer informs the reader that Chris McCandless died in the beginning of the novel, but does not inform the reader until the end of the story on how McCandless died. Krakauer leaves it up to the reader to believe whether or not McCandless’s death was intentional or unintentional.
The mystery that needs to be solved in the novel, Into The Wild is focused on how and why Chris McCandless died. The novel focuses on Chris McCandless’s stubborn attitude and ambition to run away from society and live among nature. McCandless was indeed unprepared and lacked essential items to survive. McCandless simply died from being unprepared, but McCandless’s cause of death was from a plant called wild potato, the poisonous potato seeds that he ate caused his death. …show more content…
I believe that if he would of brought a map and known that help wasn’t far from where he was that it could of saved his life. “If McCandless had possessed a U.S. Geological Survey topographic map, it would have alerted him to the existence of a Park Service cabin on the upper Sushana River, six miles due south of the bus, a distance he might have been able to cover even in his severely weakened state (Krakauer, 196). I believe that Chris McCandless did not intentionally want to die; I strongly believe that McCandless had no intention on dying; rather it was an attempt to go out into the wild. I believe he wanted to escape from society and explore and the only way he knew how was to be by himself and live off