Examples Of Trends In Into The Wild

Trends contribute to the credibility of a book. For my book, Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer, I picked three trends that I thought demonstrated this. My trends for this book were character trends for Christopher Johnson McCandless, “Alex”. Relentless determination, breaking free and curiosity/wonder led to Chris’s adventure throughout the book. I also pick the trend of reporting or journalism that Jon Krakauer uses to tell Chris’s story.
The first trend, relentless determination, is shown by Chris throughout his journey. He expected a lot of himself. When he started he didn’t tell anyone what his plans were. He had no plans other than fulfilling his dream; but he didn’t share it with his family and friends because he didn’t want anything to slow him down or try to stop him. He stops at some pretty great places and meets lots of people; but yet he still leaves. He even at one point in the book was offered a plane ride to go to Alaska, he is asked to stay and work longer by people he meets but he said that would be cheating and did not take it. He had relentless determination to go to Alaska just like he had read about. His determination almost made him stupid and it killed him.
My second trend is the urge to break free and …show more content…
Chris, when he was little, is social; but as he gets older, and finds out family stuff, he becomes more introverted. He doesn’t socialize with people anymore. He plans to be alone for this adventure. He talks and he gets advice from a lot of people that he meets along the way; but he still sticks to his plans. He creates a whole plan to go to Alaska, to live off the land, to survive alone, and he does it. He even kills a moose. He becomes the adventurer from his story. In the end, I think he learns how important being with people you care about is. I think he changes his ideas about what is important at the