I need your help. I am injured. Near death, and too weak to hike out of here. I am all alone, this is no joke in the name of God, please remain to save me. I am out collecting berries close by and shall return this evening. Thank you, Chris McCandless, August?” (12). Due to the fact that McCandless died before Krakauer could meet him, he must base most of his interpretation of what happened to McCandless from this note. The journals and items left behind by McCandless also help Krakauer stitch together the story, but the letter is repeated several times throughout the story. All of these enrich our understanding of McCandless and help us to believe that the amazing story Into the Wild really happened. A recurring event would be how Chris continues to make friends with whomever he encounters, and the significance of is that because although it is obvious that many people like him, he chooses to live his life in solitude. This motif unifies the work because it shows that McCandless has the people skills and intelligence to be a successful person but underneath all of that all he truly wants is to live alone in the wilderness: “He was a really good kid. We thought the world of him. When he left, we never expected to hear from him again...” (30-31). The significance of this is that the wilderness represents solitude for Chris but also freedom, while living in the city with his middle-class family and attending university Chris feels like he is trapped in a cage. Near the end of the novel, we notice a motif between Chris McCandless and his father, Walt. This motif suggests that sons often rebel against their fathers, but at the same time are unable to do anything about the fact that they have inherited their fathers traits. Krakauer provides the reader with information suggesting that what McCandless did was due to the relationship he had with his
I need your help. I am injured. Near death, and too weak to hike out of here. I am all alone, this is no joke in the name of God, please remain to save me. I am out collecting berries close by and shall return this evening. Thank you, Chris McCandless, August?” (12). Due to the fact that McCandless died before Krakauer could meet him, he must base most of his interpretation of what happened to McCandless from this note. The journals and items left behind by McCandless also help Krakauer stitch together the story, but the letter is repeated several times throughout the story. All of these enrich our understanding of McCandless and help us to believe that the amazing story Into the Wild really happened. A recurring event would be how Chris continues to make friends with whomever he encounters, and the significance of is that because although it is obvious that many people like him, he chooses to live his life in solitude. This motif unifies the work because it shows that McCandless has the people skills and intelligence to be a successful person but underneath all of that all he truly wants is to live alone in the wilderness: “He was a really good kid. We thought the world of him. When he left, we never expected to hear from him again...” (30-31). The significance of this is that the wilderness represents solitude for Chris but also freedom, while living in the city with his middle-class family and attending university Chris feels like he is trapped in a cage. Near the end of the novel, we notice a motif between Chris McCandless and his father, Walt. This motif suggests that sons often rebel against their fathers, but at the same time are unable to do anything about the fact that they have inherited their fathers traits. Krakauer provides the reader with information suggesting that what McCandless did was due to the relationship he had with his