The author uses pathos in several ways. Krakauer includes McCandless generous actions, his hardworking nature, reactions from his family and friends regarding his death, and the sad details regarding his death to make the audience like him more. McCandless demonstrates a generous action to the audience when he buys food for the homeless “So he spent the ten bucks on a big bag of hamburgers, and we drove around handing them out to smelly guys sleeping on grates” (Krakauer 114). By showing McCandless’s generosity before he begins on his fatal adventure it allows the audience to form a connection with McCandless. The author then further allows the audience to connect with McCandless by showing his work ethic and how he did the job until it was
